Mining Incidents in June 2015

A roof fall (30' long X 6' high X 16' wide) was found in the 6-North left return between spad locations 7513 & 7842 in the # 2 entry at 18 block. This did obstruct the walkway but did not involve any other compliance issues. No equipment was involved and no other 50.20 criteria applies. The fall will be supported and walkway reestablished.

Mine lost power due to electrical storm causing an outage. All power was lost underground and employees evacuated via the Koepe on Emergency Generator power. All employees evaucated the mine with no injuries or other issues.

Plant area inundation due to White river flooding.

A roof fall was discovered in the 2nd SE Submain xc# 11 (9+10) #4 Entry. Length approx. 25', width 18', height 7'.

The operator allowed haul truck to gain too much momentum and failed to make left hand turn causing extensive damage to truck. No reportable injury occurred.

Dent was found top of N conveyance, #2 shaft. Though operable, hoist was removed from service (precaution) pending further inspection. Shaft inspection found loose shaft lagging. 8:55 a.m. hoist was removed from service for repairs. Personnel in the mine were evacuated through the E Mine. MSHA & NM BMS hotlines were then called. Service restored to hoist at 11:45 a.m.

A roof fall was discovered in the 2nd SE Submain xc# 95 (21+70) #6 Entry. Length approx. 58', width 20', height 7.

Miners were working in the mine when one of the ITX gas detectors went into alarm with 2ppm SO2. Not knowing the source the mine was evacuated as a precautionary measure and MSHA notified. Subsequent checks with a Dragger hand pump and other investigation we determined that it was a false reading related to ITX SO2 calibration.

The bearing packing failed on a tailing overflow pump motor, and the packing grease caught fire. The fire was noticed by security at 2:04, Call to MSHA hotline (David) at 2:36, fire was completely extinguished by 3:05 a.m.

An unplanned roof fall above the anchorage zone occurred in the 11 East 7 South tailings disposal panel at 27XC within the number 2 entry. This area was previously mined with no active extraction of ore at the time of the event.

Roof fall occured on 13-Belt @ 43 Blk. Fall was discovered by weekly examiner and MSHA inspector. Area was previously bolted with 8' tension bolts on 4x4 pattern and two (2) 12' tension bolts spaced every other row. Roof to floor support was previously set at fall area on 6-9-15 due to floor hoofing. Area also borders a large protection zone block for an abandon gas well.

On 6/23 a roof fall was discovered at 14-25 in the belt entry 30' long 6' high and 16 ' wide. Fall was investigated and was due to clay vein and weathering.

Found an unintentional roof fall next to the #2 seal at the #6 set of seals adjacent to Old #1 Switch.

At approximately 2:10am the weekly examiner found an unintentional roof fall in the 8 South #1 entry 1 crosscut out by the 8 South #1 seal.

No damage, The hoist went down due to an electrical issue at 8:20 am. MSHA was notified at 8:50 am. After troubleshooting the system, it was found that a wire for a PLC card was loose. The electrician tightened the connections and the hoist was back up and operational at 9:15 am.

#3 Hoist kicked power on a loading pocket fault.

Service hoist became in-operational due to power glitches. Hoist was inoperative for approximately 90 minutes. No persons injured or trapped. All employees safely evacuated in a timely manner.

A roof fall has occurred in the Wille Mine in the intersection of 22AE. Approximate dimensions are 50' x 75' x 8'. The mine has been closed since 6/17/15 and no entry has been made since that time. The affected area was observed from outside the mine at the Hwy 22 portal. No investigation has been initiated because entry into the mine is not allowed.

A roof fall occurred in the 5th North Panel in entry 4 at 32+80 foot mark. The fall measured 52 feet long, 19 feet wide,6 to 8 foot high.

There was unplained roof fall in the 4th North Main just outby 1-54 tail piece in the sump.

Haul truck KMT027 was hauling waste from the 3825 SFW to the 3765-1625. While the operator was backing up at the 3765-1625 to dump his load he smelled smoke, opened his door and noticed flames coming out from under truck. The operator exited the cab, notified dispatch of the fire. The mine was evacuated.

A fall of roof occurred on an overcast at spad643 interrupting proper airflow. Power was removed from all affected areas, all employees were immediately withdrawn from the mine. Air quality or volume to employees was not affected.

A roof fall was discovered in the common entry along 16 track at 1 xc during the examination of the track . The fall is 16'wide x 20' high x 140'long.

A non-jury accident at a surface train loadout was not extinguished in 30 minutes

While coming out for supplies man discovered a roof fall along # 1 travelway at third crosscut inby the drift opening

Pleasant Grove Elevator was down at 11:00 AM due to a repair being done on the conduit for the control cable.

The #4 shaft hoist was out of service due to an electrical issue. There were men in the shaft when the hoist malfunctioned. The men were safely hoisted out of the shaft using the emergency escape hoist. The #4 hoist electrical issues was diagnosed, repaired, and returned to service in approximately 85 minutes.

The elevator at #9 portal stopped working. There was slack in the rope. Outside electrician was called. There was no one on elevator at time of incident. Elevator was back in service at 7:20AM.

Bushing in guide rope sticking. Evacuation started at 10:25am, and completed at 10:36 am. Hoist repaired at 11:50am. Hoist was tested at 12:00pm and miners returned underground at 12:10pm.

No Damage. At 2:32 am the hoist went down due to computer issues. It was found that the process card for the PLC was out of calibration. MSHA notified at 2:55 am. This was a recurrence of the same issue that occurred at 12:28 am on the same shift

The event occurred on the MMU 002 in the 4A N Mains. The continuous miner was not operating at the time & was positioned in the right barrier lift in the #5 entry in by spad #4227. The CM & the mobile roof support operator stated they heard rock falling in the gob in by the pillar line. When they turned, they saw a flash & were knocked down by a sudden inrush of air & dust.

No damage. Hoist down for HMI (computer) issues. Mill control contacted MSHA at 12:50 am for hoist outage. Back up at 01:45 am.

A roof fall occurred in the Wille Mine at the intersection of 13AC. Due to conditions, an accurate measurement of the fall could not be determined, but the area could be up to 35'X80'X7', extending a short distance toward Hwy 12. No mining activities were being conducted in the area of the fall. All personnel were removed and the mine portals were bermed to prevent entrance.

Found an unintentional roof fall at break #10 in the #4 entry parallel with the #21 Beltline.

fall of roof has occurred from cross-cut 16 to cross-cut 18 in the number one belt entry. All activity is prohibited from cc 16 to cc18.the fall is at or above anchorage.

The brakes locked up on the Slope Hoist Car preventing it from moving. Employees were brought out until car was repaired. Slope Hoist Car was reparied at 6:00pm.

A roof fall above bolt anchorage occurred in the Wille Mine in the intersection of 25AH only. The fall measured approximately 36'X36'X8'. All access points were immediately bermed off to prevent entry. There was no mining activity in the area at the time of the fall, ventilation was not impaired, nor was normal passage to/from the mine impeded.

After completing pre-shift checks Hoistman was setting up to pull muck when the Hoist tripped out. Electricians arrived and Hoistman was directed to reset both UHM and HC. Hoist was test ran and released to Production at approximately 6:04pm.

the pit and mine openings were inundated the water.

Unintentional roof fall was found in a return off our 2 Left Mining section. The area where the fall occurred was bolted with 5 foot resin rods with draw rock pans as needed. The fall occurred in the 45th c-cut on 1 left panel between the #6 & #7 entries. Fall measure 20 feet wide at widest point and approx. 45 to 50 feet long and 5 foot high at the highest point.

On 6/15 another weather system went through the SMA Pit of the Antelope Mine. Miners and equipment were removed from the pit. No miners were trapped or injured. At approximately 9:20pm a call was made to MSHA 800 number to report the inundation of rain water and at 9:45 EE with MSHA called and placed a J-Order on the SMA pit.

Roof fall above anchorage. Left return disrupted air flow outby spad 1490 15breaks outby face.

A roof fall occurred in the 5th north panel at the intersection of entry 12 and room 1. It was 7 feet high and 20'long 20'wide.

It is likely a hot idler bearing caused the conveyor belt to catch fire. MSHA Accident Hotline was called at 1:38pm to report the event. There was not anyone in the area at the time of the fire.

The Slope Hoist Car was found with a ground fault. No one was in the mine at the time of the incident. It was repaired before the next oncoming shift.

The super sucker was being used to clean the scale pit at the Mississippi Rotary. The engine quit. When the operators came out of the pit they found the engine compartment of the truck on fire. The fire was extinguished in approximately 29 - 32 minutes.

During the hoist examination of our North Portal Man/Supply hoist it was found that the service breaks were locked up. A mine electrician was called in to fix the switch that controls the breaking system. No miners were trapped on the cage and no miners were underground while the hoist was down.

The Emergency Hoist Car was found inoperable. The Coal Mine was evacuated until the Emergency Hoist was returned to normal service.

Pleasant Grove Elevator was out of service at 5:00 PM for a broken door sensor. The door sensor was replaced.

The elevator at #9 portal stopped working. The brakes locked up / will not charge. Outside electricain was notified. There was no one on the elevator at time of incident. After repair the car was back in service at 3:15AM.

We received notice of an approaching electrical storm. Protocol was followed to evacuate the areas around blasting areas. When personnel returned to the area there were some blast holes detonated, apparently by a lightning strike.

Employees were lowering mantrip down on #2 Hoist when the overhead crane on the hoist kicked power. Even though the Hoist was not down or damaged, the Hoist could not be used during that time if needed.

The power supply failed on the 8 Haulage elevator causing the elevator to be inoperable for over 30 minutes.

Coeur hoist grid room, electrical grid overheated and welded contacts together shutting down the south shaft of Coeur Hoist.

Contractor entered elevator when he heard a loud noise when the doors shut. Elevator became stuck and he called operator line.

Keeper plate for a hinge pin on the north skip fatigued and broke allowing the pin to come out and the door to not close properly upon exiting the scrolls. The door caught a cross brace in the headframe and hung up in the headframe, damaging the skip, the cross brace, and guides.

#34 Service Hoist went down on 6/7/15 at 4:40 am due to an electrical issue. Electricians were called as well as MSHA. Electrician's repairs were complete; hoist was inspected and placed back into service at 10:05 am. MSHA was called back to update status at 10:08 am.

The employees had dropped in a little after 7am. At 7:57 the managers was preparing to drop in, the cage was at the surface of the shaft but would not drop to the 9 seam. Hydraulic Brake Valve manifold had failed. The RP evacuated the miners via the slope.

An unplanned roof fall occurred on Main North belt between spad 21+70 and spad 22+40 due to weathered roof, hidden slip. The fall measured approximately 45'long x 17' wide x 8' high.

While traveling up the steep grade the engine stalled out or quit. The driver shifted the transmission out of gear allowing the truck to travel backwards down a steep grade. Driver jumped from the truck which turned over and caught on fire.

A roof fall occurred in 1 west bleeder at 84xc. Was approx. 8' H, 18' W and 25' L. Area was bolted with 8' point anchor resin assisted bolts, 12' CC cable bolts in pattern along with roof screen and bacon straps. Fall did not obstruct vent. or escapeways. Cause of fall was deterioration due to weathering. Floor/Roof support will be set as reported to prevent future occurrences.

A roof fall was discovered in the 5 North right return at #66 crosscut during the weekly run. Fall is 12 feet high, 16 feet wide and 50 feet long.

During the weekly examination of the plant mains a roof fall was discovered in the #2 entry at the #2 crosscut. The fall is apx. 20' x 30' x 5' high. It did not affect persons, equipment nor ventilation. The fall will not be cleaned up and the area will be supported as per the acknowledged action plan.

An unplanned ignition of gas occurred in the 7 right face on 6/4/2015. Ignition occurred during loading of the third shuttle car when the head of the continuous miner came into contact with the bottom. The operator shut down the miner and the flame above the ripper head was still present. He reactivated the sprays and the flame disappeared. No injuries were reported.

An unplanned rock fall above anchor was found by a foreman on his weekly examination located in the right return #8 entry out-by spad number 1742.

On 6/3 a weather system went through the Antelope Mine. At 8:00PM the SMA pit was evacuated due to lightening. A rain storm followed at 11:00PM. When the shift supervisor went back to the pit to inspect for hazards she noticed that the pit was taking on water. She immediately called the Safety Manager at 2:35AM & the MSHA 800 number to report the inundation of rain water at 2:42AM.

While washing out the cage, water got in breaker box and tripped the hoist.

A Tractor with brush hog attachment was mowing a gas well pad when the operator backed into a ""Christmas Tree"" breaking off a 2"" cut off valve, causing a gas leak. The valve was closed and repaired within 25 minutes.

Two employees were in the Secondary Crusher Man Elevator when it stopped.

While MSHA inspector was enroute to examine the AC seals encountered a roof fall in the 7th SW submains between xc 22 & 23, which he believed impaired the ventilation to the AC seals, per citation #9045464 issued on 6-4-15 at 15:10. The operator made curtain adjustments, supported around fall. Approx 40' x 18' x8'. Spad # 18+00 to 18+90.

When travelling the bleeder system identified as Old 8 Mile panel bleeder an unintentional roof fall was found in the #11 entry beginning at x-cut 23 and extending to x-cut #25. Fall was found at 2:00 PM and could not be determined when it had occurred as this is a weekly examined area. All access area has been dangered off.

A roof fall occurred in the last open crosscut 60' inby spad #4874 extending approx 60' crosscut 23 into 3-4. Locally difficult ground condition were attributed to the presence of a drag fold which was disrupted by a sand stone. Area bolted with 12 by 16 cable bolts 6' fully grout rods wire mesh, monster mat. This fall was in the A mains 35' long in #3 entry 20' plus high.

Unintentional roof fall occurred in the 1 Left Panel X-cut 35, 72 feet inby spad #5985. It fell in the cross-cut between #6 and #7 entries. All access areas and adjoining entries have been re supported with cribs, rope bolts, torque tension bolts and fall is not planned to be cleaned up. Fall did not disrupt ventilation and entries beside the fall area can be travelled.

Hoist trailing cable damage disabled cage controls and communication and was taken out of operation by the hoistman. The hoist was returned to operation by use of two-way radios allowing communication to the hoistman from the cage who was able to hoist in manual control.

While on return run discovered roof fall on 2 west main in cross cut 4-5 that measured 20-30 ft. long by 20 ft. wide by 4 ft. high. Federal inspector was traveling with company employee at the time

After pulling the lead car to the surface, the hoist operator forgot to throw the switch for the supply spur and he disengaged a coal car used for clean up from the lead car. He then was trying to guide the car into the spur when the car shot down the slope and contacted another empty car on the slope bottom. There were no injuries due to this accident.

In process of switching rail cars. Employee attempted to kick knuckles of rail car to line up for connection. Foot slipped pinning foot between the two knuckles as cars were pushed together. Broken bones / lacerations.

After work a miner noticed he had a bump below his abdominal area. He noted that he had been shoveling material that day for a long period of time. He reported it 2 days later after noticing the bump became larger. He did not have pain but wanted to report it anyway. He was sent to the Industrial clinic after he reported it to management.

Employee was inspecting the new chest style explosives magazine that was just delivered to store Cardox supplies. As the lid was being lowered by hand, employee's left ring finger was caught between the lid and the lock cover. The left ring finger had tissue severed, and ultimately needed surgical amputation of the tip of the finger.

While rock dusting, using a 4-wheeler and a pull behind duster. The duster became lodged on a timber near the roadway pulling the duster off the 4-wheeler. Employee while attempting to reconnect the duster lost his footing and fell with his left hand under the goose neck causing a laceration to his left index finger. Resulting in amputation from surgery.

Injured and another employee were hooking a chain between a Dapco Tractor and a mantrip in a travelway. Another tractor turned a blind corner and pushed the mantrip into the Dapco Tractor pinching the miners in between the two pieces of diesel equipment. He sustained a severe crushing type injury to his right leg.

They were picking up the spud on the dock barge. A coworker was operating the spud winch & he took the pressure off the pin that holds the spud. When the spud was lifted the EE grabbed the pin to pull it out, the spud suddenly dropped smashing two of his fingers. Per phone call one lacerated, one amputated to first knuckle.

Employee loaded a pump into an L.H.D bucket. He moved away and signaled the operate to curl the bucket. The pump started to fall out employee jumped into the bucket and pushed the pump into position. Whilst he was busy with this action the bucket crushing his left middle finger tip against the stopper.

Operator's right thumb got caught between the cutting head and stone

Our driver injured his back assisting in the recovery efforts to help another miner.

A trained miner was re-railing a bus at 26 break on 7 belt and had hooked a chain from 1 bus to another bus to try to get the bus back on the rail the chain had became the grounded between the 2 buses and got hot. The employee grabbed the chain to assist himself up and was not wearing gloves and resulted in his right hand and fingers to be burned.

Employee was changing the breaker on the 244 dryer in prep-plant and as he was removing the breaker something flashed burning top of right hand.

While descending steps from operators room at High Cal plant, employee stopped five steps from stairs end to pull a 1 1/2 inch water hose used for cleaning and felt a pain in his right bicep. Sent to hospital for evaluation.

Employee was struck in the mouth by a socket from an air impact gun resulting in a laceration to his upper lip and damage to his teeth.

Employee reported that he had washed a piece of equipment at the 38 shop wash bay & afterwards reported the back strain happened while he was cleaning up & shoveling muck out of wash bay. Went to medic on site, then to ER. X-rays were negative. Doctor issued restrictions.

Employee was dismounting a motor grader when his right foot got caught in the ladder causing the employee to hyper extend his right leg. This caused a pulled groin muscle in his right leg.

As miner was lifting a portable generator with an assistant she positioned her body incorrectly and as a result strained her back.

After checking the oil on her haul truck, she went to unlatch the hood and it fell on her right foot, bruising it.

Climbing up ladder into haul truck, foot slipped pulled shoulder of arm holding on with. Employee continued to work did not require medical treatment until 09-08-15 and has been off since then. Expected to return on November 9th 2015.

Miner hyper-extended big toe while working on pipe. Miner was pushing pipe with foot when injury happened. Miner reported heat related injury on 6/30/15 and went to Urgent Care on 7/1/15. While there, doctor cleaned up infected big toe. Miner reported big toe injury to Supervisor on 7/5/15. Miner was admitted to hospital on 7/3/15.

The employee installed the roof bolt closest to the left rib line. He moved the boom towards the center of the entry to drill the next hole. After sounding & examining the roof he proceeded drilling the 2nd hole. A piece of rock measuring 69"" long, 23"" wide, & 0 to 6"" thick broke off the tapered edge that he was supporting. The rock hit him on a glancing blow to his lower back.

EE said he had fallen at home over the weekend and had hurt his right knee. He was going up some steps to help work on a screen and fell hitting his left knee.

Truck driver was attempting to unload when the haul truck rolled forward. He then attempted to lower the bed from mid-way up, which caused the bed to fall, jarring the employee. He requested medical attention, was taken to the ER and taken off work until 7/5/15.

Employee was helping to set a crusher bowl in place, one of the cables which they were using to support the crusher bowl broke and hit him in the back of the head and neck area.

Employee was assisting in changing a screen on a rotex screen frame. As the old screen was being removed from the frame, it unexpectedly rolled up and a frayed wire from the screen slid up behind his safety glasses and caught him in the left eye.

At 09:35AM on 30 June employee called HR manager to notify he was not coming to work because he injured his back the day prior while operating a JLG. He made no mention of injury prior to this, so exact information is not known. He stated he went to the ER and received a note from his doctor not to go to work.

Employee injured tendons in his right shoulder when he lost his balance on his work platform and used his right arm to catch himself. Employee was prescribed pain medication.

Individual was not concentrating when attempting to put the trolley pole back on the DC trolley wire. When coming in contact with the energized wire, individual received an electrical shock to the head area. This did not involve any compliance issues, job skills or attitude. All personal safety items were being used.

Water truck driving down slope collided with rib.

Employee was standing nearby watching another employee put in a bit ring (insert) when a piece of metal sheared off striking employee in the left leg

Water truck driving down slope collided with rib.

Employee was unloading rock dust from a scoop to another ride when he felt something pull in his back

Employee reported while positioning a heavy metal stand, the stand toppled injuring two fingers on the employee's left hand. The injuries required medical treatment and resulted in time off work.

I.E. was placing a set of bobcat forks in the bucket of scoop #6, when one slipped striking I.E. on his right hand.

The employee was tightening a bolt on a drifter shoe with an impact gun. As the bolt tightened, a pin hole developed in a weak portion of the shoe as residual cleaning solvent in the bolt hole pressurized with the bolt being installed. This caused the remaining solvent in the bolt hole to inject into the employee's left middle finger.

EE was working in the shop, cleaning up scrap metal from the ground, next to a loader when the ee turned and felt a pop in his knee.

Employee was moving a 55 gal drum off a spill control pallet on a pallet jack. During the move, the pallet jack moved and the drum tipped forward; the employee did not engage the brake. The employee subsequently strained his neck and shoulder. Employee had neck surgery 2 yrs ago. As a precaution he was taken to hospital; a CAT Scan revealed no injury other than a strain.

Miner placed wheel chocks behind rear wheels. Miner then picked up 5 gallon bucket and started to walk away when the rope attached to wheel chocks was tangled around foot causing miner to lose balance and fall on right shoulder.

Employee was walking through warehouse toward her office, slipped, fell face forward on concrete floor hurting her right shoulder.

Employee was stacking rock on pallets and strained his left wrist, he was sent to the doctor immediately.

No known defaults of equipment which could have caused accident. Employee stated he was going to get off of the haul truck and just did not grab the step rails and fell backward. He said he felt pain in his back so we called an ambulance to make sure he was OK

Employee was in the process of hanging a shuttle car cable on the rib. The rib rashed out causing laceration to his head and chin. Lost time as of 06/29/2015 laceration to chin and head. Compliance with rules and regulations was not a factor. Miners proficiency and job skills may have been a factor.

Miner was trying to adjust the seat on Cat Scraper. When miner pushed his weight forward to move the seat the seat did not move. Miner felt pain in his right shoulder. Continued to work the rest of the shift thinking that it would get better. Miner returned to work the following morning and worked the entire shift but still felt pain in right shoulder.

Employee stated that he slipped while pulling jackleg out of hole. He did not fall, but strained his lower back. Went to medic on site, then to ER. X-rays were negative, but restrictions were issued.

EE was exiting the control room when he kicked the inside door jamb, lost his balance and fell into the lockers. He fell to the ground on his shoulder. His shoulder was evaluated and he went back to work. On 6/29/2015 EE came back to the medical facility was placed in a sling to stabilize his shoulder and prescribed Physical Therapy.

While pushing 6' bolt, using the kicker on the side of the drill pot. The bolt bent in the center, smashing his right little finger. He received two (2) stitches in his fingernail bed.

Employee was packing a saminco box when he slipped in mud causing him to fall to his knees. He felt pain in his lower back.

Locomotive derailed and employee was helping jack locomotive back on to the track. After jacking approximately 4"", the load shifted and the jack kicked out striking employee in the face. Employee received stitches and is awaiting surgery to fix his fractured nose.

Employee was helping in moving longwall's power train, including pump car. Employee was placing cribs along rib line to steer train away from the rib. In the process, he slipped causing his foot to be caught between tank car and rib. He has been placed on lost time with fractured bones in his foot as well as laceration.

Employee was greasing a loader when a grease fitting had come loose. With grease hose in hand, ee was coming from under the loader to get tools to replace the fitting. The employee accidentally discharged the grease. The grease struck the employee and embedded under the shin.

Employee was greasing a loader when a grease fitting had come loose. With grease hose in hand, he was coming from under the loader to get tools to replace the fitting. The employee accidentally discharged the grease. The grease struck the employee and embedded under the skin.

An employee rolled his ankle resulting in 2 broken bones in his ankle and a fractured bone in his little finger when he tried to catch himself.

Haul truck driver exited CAT 773 Haul Truck to relief himself while waiting to unload haul truck into primary crusher. Employee returned to the haul truck and while climbing back up the haul truck, he lost his footing and fell off ladder approximately half way up the ladder. Employee sprained right wrist in fall to the ground.

Another contractor's truck was backing up and his rear bumper struck our worker's right leg/hip. Worker was taken to local hospital for x-rays/tests. All x-rays/tests came back clear. No broken bones or injuries sustained, only bruising. Worker was released to full work duty on June 29, 2015.

EE boarded back of service truck to retrieve tooling. Upon stepping down from step bumper the EE had right foot on the ground and was bringing his left foot down and rolled his left ankle in a small depression (uneven Surface) on the ground. EE was wearing the proper footwear for the work he was performing and had 3 point contact with the truck. Fibula fracture, ankle sprain.

Employee was moving a fallen timber out of the walk way on 3A belt. When he picked the timber up he felt something pop in his lower back.

A fully trained miner was helping transport another employee on a stretcher and when he bent down to help lift the stretcher the employee heard a popping sound in his left knee and had a stinging sensation in his knee.

Employee was raising dump body of dump truck to empty load. Body was approximately 75% raised when hydraulic line burst and dump body slammed back down causing jolt to employee sitting inside the cab.

Employee was putting anti-freeze in a 980 H end loader. He slipped and fell approximately four feet to the ground. Landing on his left leg which resulted in broken femur.

Employee was hanging miner cable. Felt pain in his back. Employee worked until 7-10-15 then went off work.

Injured was shoveling on the Main North 2 belt when a pain was felt in the right shoulder. Injured had surgery on 7/28/15 after continued discomfort and a diagnosis of a torn rotator cuff. Injured had no restrictions until 7/28/15.

Employee slipped and fell to the ground when attempting to mount an excavator.

Employee was working in an area that had cement mixture floating in the water. The employee had the water soak into his rain suit and rubber boots and the chemical reaction caused chemical burns to the skin.

While rappelling during a Mine Rescue Training, the employees left knee twisted when they contacted the ground. The employee did not seek any medical attention for several weeks. The ACL was torn and required surgery on 9/16/15. Work activities were not restricted until that date.

Employee was carrying a top roller when he tripped over another roller that was laying on the bottom. He dropped the roller catching himself causing pain in his left shoulder.

Employee stepped down off of the stageloader and twisted his left knee

Employee was swinging a sledge hammer when it slipped out of his hand causing him to twist his back

Employee was pulling on the battery nip for a coal hauler when he felt a pain in his lower back. He started missing work on 7/13/15.

stemming holes, bent over & twisted around, felt pain in low back

Bent over to pick up something and got knot in stomach.

Employee was trying to pull drill steel out of roof and beat it with a sledge hammer to release it. Felt pain in back.

Injured and 2 co-workers were jostling a 10 foot long piece of aluminum monorail beam on the 4J section belt entry. When he felt a pain in his right groin area. The injured employee was supporting the monorail beam as his coworkers were fastening and hanging the ends of the beam.

He was bolting in low top, he was pushing up a bolt with his left hand to get on the pod to push up and strained his left shoulder.

Employee was replacing the hose reel on the maintenance scoop and the lid of the reel compartment fell and struck him on his wrists, resulting in bruising to the hands and wrists. X-rays were negative, but a splint was applied because of the swelling.

A miner had unknowingly entered the screening area to assist other miners who had completed a conveyor repair. The injured miner got his left hand pinched in between the conveyor belt and tail pulley. Injuries sustained include broken wrist and cuts on hand and arm. A full accident report with all details will be attached to this online form if the opportunity allows.

Employee was loading dust pipe onto a trailer from the beltline. As employee was loading the pipe, he slipped on the wet surface and twisted his back.

A maintenance employee was standing on a temporary work platform, four feet off of the ground, cutting bolts loose from a bracket that was holding a 10"" poly pipe elbow. As he cut one of the bolts the torch flashed, startling him and he jumped off of the platform. As he landed on the concrete floor, his ankle twisted sideways, causing a fracture.

The reagent operator was staging copper sulphate when he got pinned against the hand rail by a copper bag that was suspended in the air and tilted on the top side of the box. Initial classification of the injury was a first aid by a PA on site. late reporting due to the fact that we just found out that he saw a doctor for further treatment.

Haul truck operator was washing his front window, the operator was standing on the catwalk at the top of the stairs. The operator lost his footing falling down the stairs; the operator attempted to catch himself on the hand railing above the radiator and impacted his left arm on the radiator housing.

Employee was shoveling mud out of the clean tunnel walkway and had a sharp pain in back. He continued to work and started missing work on 7/15/15 due to him not getting better.

Employee strained his shoulder while pushing a guard back in place. Employee did not report injury until the following Monday. After his first visit to the doctor we was NOT given restrictions. He went to is own doctor and was put on restrictions weeks later.

Miner was hooking a hose to a pump and using his hand to hit the dog ears on the connector. The dog ear had a sharp piece on it causing a puncture wound.

EE was lifting a wheel flange with another teammate and felt a sharp pain in his back while lifting the flange, then he finished the job and then filed the work injury.

During the reassembling of a portion of a discharge conveyor a support bolt in a pivot hinge broke allowing the conveyor to fall and injuring 2 miners.

Two miners rigged conveyor to move. Upon lifting, the rigging became unhooked. While attempting to lower it the conveyor flopped over. The miner on the ground was standing to close and as it rolled over one of the adjusting screws caught him in the lower leg. The miner was taken, by ambulance, to closest hospital. Result was a broken lower right leg.

While adjusting the door on secondary crusher, the door fell open and crushed the miner's thumb. Two people were trying to adjust the door when it fell. The door fell open smashing the thumb against a conveyor structure.

The employee was leaving the air lock on the main north belt line and as he was going through the door his hand slipped off the door and the door hit his right ankle. The employee continued to do his regular job until he went out with a fracture on 7-9-15.

Employee was using a spinner wrench to tighten the cathead on the power center, as he was pulling up on the wrench it slipped causing the wrench to hit him in the mouth breaking teeth.

Employee was in the process of taking a roll of wire off the warehouse shelf, in doing so he felt a ""pop"" in his right hand. Went to medic, then to ER. X-rays negative. Doctor issued restrictions.

The ee complained of back pain after shoveling. The incident became reportable on 6-23-2015 when he began missing work. The accident was caused by improper lifting and twisting while shoveling. The accident did not involve any aspect of compliance with rules or regulations; nor did it involve mine equipment, any protective devices on equipment or the mining system.

Employee alleges that he injured his back while walking the main East belt during his on-shift examination. Operator has been waiting on MRI results. MRI was conducted on 8/06/2015 and results were received on 08/12/2015. MRI indicates a small disc protrusion. Employee remains off work.

Employee was in a standing position and bending over to pull open the engine hood to check the oil during his pre-operation and while doing so he felt a strain on his left side of his neck and upper back.

EE was attempting to pump water from the pond and as he was approaching the water pump, he fell in the spillway bruising his left elbow and left thigh

While roof bolting the injured was drilling a hole into the mine roof when a portion of roof broke around the drill steel. The rotation of the drill caused the rock to spin around the steel. EE stopped the rotation and the rock broke and a portion of it struck EE on the forehead above the left eye. The rock caused a laceration and small portions had to be surgically removed.

Injured employee was rock dusting South Mains beltline and the dust hose surged causing injured employee to lose his balance and fall into the rib. Injured employee came into contact with a C.O. box and a roof bolt head. This resulted in a fractured rib.

Employee stated he was unlapping belt for a section move when he felt some pain in his right knee. Employee continued to work and sought medical attention on 6/19/2015 where an x-ray was negative. He was referred to a specialist and an MRI results were discussed with the employee on 7/23/2015.

While Employee was loading a shuttle car with the miner; a piece of rock fell out between a row of bolts striking Employee on the back of neck.

While striking stud end of jaw wedge bolt with a ¼ swing action, IE struck right index finger against stud of adjacent wedge bolt. No medical treatment did not seem necessary at the time of the incident. Continued discomfort in the employee's finger prompted medical attention on 07/06/2015. Employee had finger surgery on 9/15/2015.

EE was lifting reel cover for shuttle car and felt pain in lower back. Accident was not reported to company until 6/22/15 and became reportable on 6/23/15 when EE sought medical treatment.

Refuse haul truck driver (contractor) parked in truck parking lot at end of shift and was dismounting truck. He apparently fell from truck step, landing on left side. He was taken to ER due to pain in left leg and elevated vitals. Upon arrival at ER he was sent for an EKG and they told him he had a heart attack. Later told him his hip was fractured.

While jumping over beam, employees hit his head on another beam overhead.

Associate was backing up a 770 CAT haul truck to stockpile. While backing up she was run into by a 980 CAT loader. She complained of pain and was taken to company doctor for evaluation. She was released back to work without restrictions, but refused and seeked further evaluation on her own. She was released back to work with restrictions. Case is currently under investigation

EE was swinging a 10 lb. sledge hammer to tighten a lock nut on a crusher. After about 5-6 swings, he felt a sharp pain in his right lower back that began to radiate to his right leg. He went to the doctor and he had pinched his sciatic nerve. The doctor prescribed steroids and wrote him out of work for the next two days, thereby making the accident reportable.

Pushing a wheelbarrow of spillage up a ramp underneath 15 belt and the front of the wheelbarrow touched the ramp and came to an abrupt stop. This caused pain in his lower back, left hip and down left leg. No problems with PPE, mining methods, training or compliance issues.

Employee was hanging belt head cable when he twisted his right knee.

Injured operating continuous miner when started cutting rock he felt sharp pain in left bicep and arm. He had a puncture wound to his left bicep. He was transported to the emergency room where he was referred to another doctor to have a piece of carbide removed from his left bicep.

Hooking up a drop trailer, twisted when turning around escaping bees, sprain to knee

Employee states he was dismounting #20603 D11 dozer and his foot slipped on the bottom step. Employee struck the lower right side of his body on the lower step. On 06/22/2015 employee went to Logan Regional Medical Center and was treated by Dr. and diagnosed with herniated discs C-5 thru C-7 and bulging discs L-3 thru L-5 and taken off work.

Employee stated he picked up a hand full of roof bolts while loading the bolt machine and felt a pain in his left shoulder. Employee was taken off work on 7/31/2015.

Employee had just pulled his powder truck under the powder bin to reload. The powder truck was parked in a rut requiring him to step a little higher to the first step. The employee then felt pain in his groin area. The employee continued to work the rest of the shift and returned the next day but the pain increased so he went to get it checked.

Miner operator in 2 East, bumping inby right corner #2 entry at 10 block. Rock brow was left, so the miner was scaling the brow down (1'x3'x4') with a slate bar and the rock bounced off the miner and struck his legs, resulting in a contusion. No problems with PPE, training, mining machines or compliance issues.

The employee was walking by ""BELT MARGINAL"" towards the discharge. Slightly touched his helmet to a pipe passing through the area to 62 inches high, causing the employee to strain his neck. There was a preexisting condition.

Employee was hooking up a barge at R52 loading dock, the barge shifted due to wind. He was attempting to board the barge and the barge employee pulled him onto the barge, he felt a pull in his left shoulder.

Employee was removing belt structure on long wall belt line when a belt rail fell on top of right foot.

Operating loader when head hit interior of loader causing cut requiring stitches (staples)

The injury occurred on 06/16/2015. The operator was not notified until 06/19/2015, after the employee sought medical attention. Employee stated that he was working on a continuous miner when a small piece of metal became lodged between his middle finger and ring finger on his left hand.

Piece of metal off a splitting trimmer went through his glove and stuck in his index nail.

Individual was dragging a 1"" wash down hose to clean the 1st. floor of the prep-plant floor. Due to lack of concentration EE slipped and experienced pain in the right groin and right lower back areas. This did not involve compliance issues, no equipment involved. All personal safety items were being utilized.

Degas crew was moving the degas drill. As the employee was loosening the jack a rock fell hitting his right shoulder knocking him down and he fell back on his ankle causing fracture to right ankle.

On 6/15, EE reported recurring back pain from an off-job back strain injury. By 7/8, short-term disability was denied and EE subsequently claimed work injury from operating SC on rough haulage in S-812. After investigation, claim was accepted. LWD start 6/16.

Checking filters in Lime Silo. Pressure caused lime dust to blow in his eyes

The employee was installing a v belt on a Cedar Rapids crusher. He got the tip end of his ring finger between the shiv and the v belt and the crushed rolled and caught his finger breaking it.

Employee was changing out a soot filter on a 2 yard mucker - the filter slipped & struck his right thumb. Went to medic, then to ER. X-rays were positive for fracture.

Employee was walking up steps not looking up and walked into catwalk material on landing striking his head and compressing his neck resulting in pain into his upper back and shoulder area.

While riding as a passenger in a rubber tired mantrip, the mantrip hit a bump in the road jarring the EE resulting in pain to the middle/upper back. This incident was reported on 6/16/2015 and the EE did not begin missing work until 7/6/2015.

Employee was walking to the main sump area when stepped in a hole and twisted right knee.

Employee was walking in the #3 belt entry to 55 break on 19 head gate when a rock that measured 5 1/2 foot long, by 2 1/2 foot wide, by 1/2 to 3 inches thick fell between two bolts striking the employee in the head.

While loading drip lines onto a fork lift the employee states wind blew dust under his glasses and into his eye.

Employee was making welding repairs to the Dragline bucket and a hot piece of metal burned a hole in his pants and went down inside his boot and burned the top of his left foot. Employee went to CAMC Urgent Care on 06/19/2015 and taken off work for a Partial Thickness Burn on his left foot.

Employee hurt back from lifting teeth for DeMag while building up the base.

Employee has been experiencing some elbow discomfort for some time now. On July 20, 2015 he went to Doctor. Employee had some fluid drained off & had received a full release - no restrictions. He was diagnosed with Bursitis.

While disposing of empty potassium hydroxide bags, residual dust from a bag got into operator eyes.

The employee reports that a piece of material (he calls iron ore) bounced off of the conveyor belt and struck him in the head. He then reports that he later took himself to the hospital. The employee reports a concussion. At this time the actual nature of extent of injuries is unknown. The incident was very recently reported and is being investigated.

A fully trained trackman was using a slate bar to hold a track rail in place to secure the rail in place. The bar slipped causing the employee to fall forward and his foot was caught on the rail as he fell. Fractured ankle.

Employee inflating airbag to move wall and natural seam in rock shifted rock causing a tear in bag and air released through tear blowing dust/dirt in employees eyes.

While trying to pull out a stone that was stuck in the crusher, the stone came loose and hit him in the left muscle. [Per phone call to reporting party, it was his left leg,contusion.]

Employee slipped and fell against handrail of crusher and injuring right bicep muscle

EE was unloading belt idlers from a flat-bed trailer. The belt idler he and another miner were sliding off the trailer became hooked to another belt idler. The hooked idler fell off the trailer striking EE on top of right foot fracturing the big and second toe.

EE picked up a tool bag and felt pain in his left shoulder. He went to the doctor on the 15th and they gave him a full release. He went back to the doctor on 6/19/15 and they gave him a light duty slip but we didn't see it until 7/7/15 and he started missing work on 7/8/15.

The EE was adding antifreeze to loader radiator on backside of loader. As he finished, he stepped down off platform onto top ladder rung. He was holding railing with his left, hand he stepped onto top rung with his right foot. As he then stepped down to the second rung with left foot, he had a misstep, lost his grip on railing and fell 2 feet 9 inches to the ground on his knees.

A fully trained beltman was using a com-a-long to move a roll of belt. The employee complained of pain in his shoulder. He completed the shift and began losing time on 6/15/15.

Employees were raising a PVC pipe that directed garnet onto a sizing screen. After raising the pipe, they screwed a bracket into the pipe to secure it in position. When the screw to hold the bracket penetrated through the pipe wall, a large amount of static electricity was released from inside the pipe. The static electricity shocked the two employees that were holding the pipe.

Employee pulled slider rail forward and it slid out of the bracket striking him on the right shoulder. Employee worked up to his surgery date which was 7/13/15.

troubleshooting shuttle car and outlet arced. Burn to left hand.

Injured slid off the hood of a Komatsu dozer after changing a headlight. He stated he may have pinched his right testicle. He was unsure of how he received the injury and stated he must have received it during this event. Accident report was filled out on 6/13/2015. After medical inquiry it was deemed to be a reportable event.

Employee was exiting parked pit truck at app. 4:45 pm on 6/11/2015 at the end of his shift and twisted his right knee as he stepped down on the ground. His knee is still swollen and is causing him pain.

Using a track press the ram kicked sideways and the pusher pin came around hitting employee in left thigh causing abrasions and contusions.

The employee stated that while guiding a roof bolt through a roof strap with his right hand, the mining machine moved forward pinching the fingers of his right hand between the roof bolt and the roof jack. The accident occurred because the employee failed to keep his hand out of a pinch point area and off the moving roof bolt. He had on his required PPE.

Employee was using a rope to pull a ladder into place on a piece of machinery he was working on. The rope dropped and got wrapped up in a tail roller. and then rope wrapped around his leg. It tightened around his leg until it broke.

Climbing side of berm - slipped - twisted knee

Picking up rock out of 57 chute at secondary crusher and a rock shifted and hit employees hand cutting index finger on right hand.

A fully trained mechanic started to repair the scoop end of a battery plug. A hammer came in contact with both pins inside the plug and caused flash burns to his hand and arm. First and second degree burns.

Employee was helping to remove L.W. high pressure hoses when he was struck in the left knee by a 3"" staple lock coupler.

Mechanic was using a 75 ton hydraulic press to press a bearing off of a drive shaft. The bearing was stuck, the miner turned around to get a can of P.B. Blast. When he heard a ""pop"". He turned back around and was struck in the face by a piece of the bearing race.

Rip Rap Chute plugged up, employee reached in to pull on rock. Rock jam broke lose, and pinched right hand middle finger. Finger was cut, hospital cleaned the wound and stitched the cut.

Employee was performing pre-shift inspection on haul truck, checking under engine for leaks, when a pair of pliers fell from the engine compartment and hit the employee on the safety glasses. Initially employee refused treatment, but called while on scheduled days off, 6/14, complaining of neck pain. Ongoing.

Employee stated he was manually raising the staff on the automatic burner & it came up and hit/cut his right index finger.

Employee was stepping down from Dozer. It had just rained and his foot slipped in between tracks got caught and when he fell he broke his lower leg.

Employee was driving a rock truck and lost control and hit a parked employee bus and a track drill. Started missing work 8/17/2015.

Employee was burned by steam.

Ascending ladder with a 5 gallon bucket of oil and momentarily lost footing causing a strain when he regained his footing

Employee stated that he and fellow employees were attempting to drag the cable of the continuous miner to the power center by hand. While pulling, the cable took slack causing the injured employee to stumble forward and twist his right knee, resulting in a sprain/strain type injury.

Employee was running a continuous miner on 5 section. He was turning 8 right when a piece of falling material hit him on right hand causing a laceration. He had sutures to close the wound.

Employee was helping to move some shuttle car cable up on the 6 West Section. In the process of pulling on the shuttle car cable, the employee tripped on a rock causing him to fall against the rib, striking his right shoulder.

Employee got his foot stuck in the mud and twisted his right knee. He started missing work 6/10/2015.

The injured employee was working with a co-worker performing maintenance on a conveyor belt. The guard to the bend pulley was partially removed and the employee was using an adjustable wrench to try to remove a grease fitting when he received a laceration/avulsion injury to his right hand.

The operator was putting a roll of plastic wrapping on the machine and it slipped. When employee was attempting to hold the roll, the operator's wrist got bent.

I.E. was picking up a 42 inch top roller to install. As soon as he picked it up he said he felt a pop in his right shoulder. Top roller is approximately 50-60 LBS.

EE was walking around a scoop to get a bag of rock dust when he tripped on a slick rock. He caught himself with his right arm and pulled a muscle in his arm and shoulder.

Employee was turning off the air compressor for the terra-loc system and terra-loc blew into his eye.

The EE slipped while getting out of the bed of a pickup truck after retrieving an item and his lower right leg contacted the truck as he fell. There were no initial signs of an injury other than a small bruise. As the day progressed the bruising and swelling increased. Ultimately the employee had ruptured a small artery causing a hematoma that had to be surgically relieved.

Employee was splitting rock when a rock came off the belt, and hit his hand causing a laceration on his right index finger.

The employee was sitting in a 6 man/mantrip attempting to pull a Dapco Tractor. While awaiting for two other miners to hook up a chain the mantrip was hit by another Tractor. He was seen by a Dr. on 6/10/2015 and placed on restricted duty due to a lower back strain.

Injured and another employee were hooking up a chain between a Dapco Tractor and a mantrip in a travelway. Another tractor turned a blind corner and pushed the mantrip into the Dapco Tractor pinching the miners in between the two pieces of diesel equipment. He sustained severe crushing injuries to both lower legs and his left wrist.

Employee stated he was operating a 2 man golf cart and hit a bump in the road, while traveling the 1D supply road causing a pain in his lower back. The employee did not miss work until 06-12-2015.

While pressing in the master pin on the rail of a Komatsu Excavator the culet in the track press failed. The mechanic was standing behind the track with his hand in the air holding a flash light while directing the press operation when he was struck in the right middle finger by a culet fragment.

Employee was going to remove a fire hose from a fire valve when he went to the fire valve and knelt down the hose blew off of the valve striking the employee in the right eye causing a laceration to his upper eye lid and right cheek he also received a broken bone under his right eye

Employee stated that while attempting to dismount the mini-trac at the belt trench for the 11 Left section, he struck his head on the canopy of the machine causing pain in the upper right side of his neck.

Employee was standing on step of the over cast which was approximately 3 feet from the surface below working on water line. As employee was reached out to adjust the manifold on the water line employees feet slipped off of step. This resulting in employee landing with all of his weight on his left leg.

IE and another EE were removing the steels from a Fast 65 hole. The bottom steel didn't come loose and when it turned the wrench hit IE in the left ankle.

Employee was cleaning mirrors and dropped cleaner on the ground. When he was climbing back up the end-loader his foot missed the top step and he slipped falling to the ground. Started missing work on September 11, 2015.

The employee was assisting a contract mechanic install a track on a dozer, the contract mechanic hit the alligator link on the track with a sledge hammer and a piece of the hammer splintered off and hit the employee in the arm.

Employee was getting ready to change out scoop batteries when he slipped and fell to the ground.

Employee was getting out of cab of truck and grabbed handle to turn to go to back of truck. He stepped on back plate/battery box cover to bend down and lift ring off gate handle. He then pushed gate handle down and upon standing up had sharp pain in lower back and right leg.

Attempting to straighten a roll of belting and apparently strained back. Employee did not notify the employer until 06/12/2015 stating that it did not hurt until several days later. and therefore did not seek medical attention until the evening of 06/12/2015.

EE picked up one side of the top roller while another ee was lifting the other side and when they turned to install the top roller in the rail, ee felt a sharp pain in his left calf muscle. EE continued to work in his normal occupation until 6/15/2015 and then started missing time.

Employee was loading cable into the scoop bucket and got foot smashed by scoop bucket.

Employee was helping move a 3' X 10' X 3/8"" steel plate into place in a vessel and it slipped, coming down on the steel toe of his left foot.

Employee was traveling around a curve when he stated that it felt like the truck set down and it turned over onto his right side

While checking on the puckers the employee walked under some caution tape that was tied to a piece of angle iron, while lifting the tape the angle iron fell landing on the employee's leg causing an abrasion.

EE was working at a chopper pushing rock through when he became caught in the machine, resulting in his finger being smashed.

Employee was trying to throw the flop gate at the direct ship hopper, when the chain ratchet free spooled letting arm of the flop gate pinch his left hand between the flop gate arm and beam causes cuts and a fracture to his index finger of the left hand.

Aligning Membrane on boiler tubes, pad eye weld failed, pad eye struck employee in right knee cap.

Employee was traveling through a mandoor from the #2 to the #3 entry at the #35 crosscut on the 9L section. As he passed through the door, the door shut on his right hand causing a laceration that required stitches to his index finger.

EE fell backward on a chair straining back. Conservative treatment applied. Medical follow-up resulted in medical deferment from work. First LWD 06/14

A fully trained miner was rockdusting 14 west belt when the hose became clogged the employee tied off the rockdust hose and starting shaking the hose to unclog the hose the pressure built up because the valves were set wrong on the rock duster and the coupler came apart and the hose struck the employee in the left shoulder and sprayed rockdust in the employees face and eyes.

Using a hydraulic ram pressing a bearing in a Joy Miner frame, the ram slipped hitting employee in the right knee

Employee was hosing in sample building and when he was walking down the step he missed a step rolling his left ankle. There were no compliance issues. It didn't involve job skills proficiency training or attitude PPE or protective devices no equipment involved.

Miner was walking in the parking to his dozer when he slipped and tried to reach for the track to prevent himself from falling. He felt a strain in his shoulder.

Employee bent over to move trailer tongue onto hitch and claimed pain in back.

Employee was operating a 980 G end loader and backed over a rock. The loader slammed down and the seat suspension bottomed out twice, jolting the employee and straining employee's neck, shoulder, and lower back. Employee continued to work until 5/9/2016 at which time the doctor took the employee off work.

General Manager was performing mechanical work on the #1 conveyor which is under the grizzly. The miner crawled under the 4 foot high 39 inch conveyor and was standing in a 2 foot wide area between the conveyor and the back wall of the dump site. When he attempted to identify which roller was bad he became entangled causing tearing injuries to his left arm.

Employee was on his knees, lifting a bottom roller into the bottom assembly on 3 North #5 belt. As he finished lifting the roller, he felt a pain on the right side of his lower back.

EE was walking and stepped on a small rock. His left foot rolled and he felt a pop in the ball of his foot. The rock was about the size of a fist. EE saw doctor on 6/8/2015 and was removed from work at that time due to left foot sprain.

A fully trained miner was hooking up hose to drop 226 shield the 1/2"" plug had a staple that was difficult to remove the employee struck the staple in the plug with a hammer the plug popped out while there was stored pressure in the line striking the employee on the head with the plug and getting emulsion in his left eye

While working on #27 conveyor employees hand got caught in between the stand holding the conveyor and the conveyor. Machine being used to hold conveyor bled off pinching employees left hand below pinkie finger.

Employee was operating continuous miner. While cutting coal and rock a piece of carbon broke off of the tip of one of the miner bits, flew back and struck the employee in the left forearm. The carbon became embedded in the employee's arm. The employee was standing behind the boom of the miner.

Employee was splicing a piece of conveyor belt when his hammer chipped. A piece of metal went into his right hand between his index finger and thumb.

At approximately 2:30 a.m. on 06/04/2015, employee drove the vehicle to the upper plant gate and as he was locking the gate, he noticed that the vehicle was rolling and as he ran to catch it, he fell injuring his neck and lacerating his forehead.

Employee was assisting in the replacement of the Blunger pump. Employee was guiding one end of the pump and lifting on that end while another employee was pushing from the other end. Employee's hand was guiding end of pipe attached to the pump. The pump moved suddenly catching the employee's finger between two pipe ends

A 777 haul truck driver complained of neck soreness at the end of his shift. The operator was unable to attribute the soreness to any one event, however did not have soreness at the beginning of the shift.

Employee was recovering belt structure when he felt a sharp pain in his lower back.

Driver was being loaded when a large rock struck the bed of the truck, jarring the driver. He requested medical attention, was taken to the ER, diagnosed with cervical strain and taken off work until 6/7/15.

Employee stated that he was attempting to place a 10' timber on the emergency sled when he lost his footing and fell onto his back. This caused pain in his lower back and legs.

Employee was moving the miner cable and a rock flipped around and struck him on the right leg and ankle. Diagnosed with a fracture. Started missing work 6/8/2015.

Employee stated that he was assisting in building a stopping on #2 section when he tripped over the tongue of the flat car the block was on and struck his right knee on the mine floor.

Employee was unloading some pipe from a truck. He picked up the pipe to load the bucket. When he picked up the pipe he felt a twinge and pain in lower back and left leg. Employee was on restrictive duty and as of 3/2/16 he is a Lost time. This incident was not reported at the time due to improper communication. This incident is reported late.

A fully trained employee was tossing a crib block under a shield toe and pinched his right index finger between the crib block and shield toe

Air line hose connection released from jackhammer striking miner on bridge of nose and teeth 3 times.

Employee was taking belt chocks back to load on the ride when he felt a pain in his lower back, he continued to work until the doctor put him off work on 8/26/15.

Chopping and stacking rock. Started having back pain and eventually pain went down leg. Could hardly walk.

Employee was trying to take apart half inch hydraulic hoses when he felt a sharp pain in his right shoulder. The employee was forced to work over and this accident occurred right after. It didnt involve job skills proficiency training No PPE or protective devices on equipment involved

At approx. 1:55 P.M. on 6/3/15. The miner operator was operating the company # 2 Joy 1415 continuous miner in the #1 heading of 007 MMU, when a piece of debris flew outby from the head area of the machine and struck the operator in the left eye. Upon examination of the injury. He seemed to have a scratch horizontally across his left eye.

A fully trained miner was standing on a 5 foot ladder on the third rung mudding the wall and while descending the ladder he missed a step and fell to the ground. Employee tried to catch himself by grabbing a roof strap.

Employee was cleaning out from under the rail scales, he was shovelling lime into a 5 gallon bucket to be dumped. Lime fell down into the employee's pants and he suffered 2nd degree burns across his buttocks and one of his legs.

Employee was checking his service truck for the day. As he exited the cab, he stepped from the top step to the lower step with his right leg, he felt a pain in his left knee.

The employee claims that as he bent over to pick up a belt roller, he felt a pop and a sharp pain between his shoulder blades. The incident was caused by the failure of the employee to properly bend and lift. The employee have been rather disgruntled and complains daily since the layoff and his realignment to steady afternoon.

EE was moving a section of water hose for transport. He felt a sharp pain in lower back. The injury was treated and resulted in LWD on 6/4

Removing bed liner plate from haul truck with cutting torch. As he was cutting the plate with the torch, the plate flexed and hit his welding helmet and knocked him back onto the ground.

Employee was riding on a rubber tired mantrip buggy and his foot caught the corner of a coal rib and it fractured his leg just above the ankle.

Excavator operator loading overburden on truck when rock rolled from face of material against the front of cab of the machine. Weight of rock on the front lower part of the cab bent the operator control pedals partially lodging his right foot, which he quickly removed. Nothing broken or cuts, sent to doctor as a precautionary measure.

Muddy walkway caused miners foot to stick in mud; while pulling foot free miner strained his hamstring.

While closing clarifier door, employee reached up move lever into lock position, his finger became pinched between locking arm and clarifier.

The employee was moving a man door off some unused stopping sealant when he felt some pain in his back. (note) This accident occurred on 6/2/15 and he continued to work his regular job until 9-8-15.

The injured employee was loading coal with a continuous miner at the face entry. He had loaded two cars out of the left side of the entry on his box cut. When he was struck in the head by a projectile, knocking him unconscious.

EE was descending down an exterior office stairway that was under maintenance, when a board/stair tread shifted causing him to fall forward and down the stairs resulting in damaged/torn tendons in his knees.

A fully trained miner was trying to remove a dogbone with a pry bar on the 12 east longwall. The pry bar broke lose and employee felt his arm stretch and felt pain in his right arm.

Employee slipped/fell at #2 head drive while pre-shifting. He bumped his knee and head on the ground.

A fully trained employee was shoveling spillage from underneath the #2 refuse belt to the #1 refuse belt. With a loaded shovel he turned and felt a pop in his right shoulder.

Injured was hanging miner cable with 2 other employees, when he felt what he described as a pop in his groin area.

The employee took off bearing cover of a screw conveyor when hot grease sprayed his forearm, hand and face.

Employee was sitting in barge loadout when the loadout monitor fell and struck employee in the knee. There were no compliance issues. It didn't involve job skills proficiency training or attitude PPE or protective devices no equipment involved.

Employee was lifting a front differential up, cradling it close to her body and felt a burn in her mid-section and a pull in her ankle. She was examined by physician on 8/12/15 and diagnosed with a hernia.

The accident victim had damaged the miner cable with miner bumper. As he was sitting on the mine floor holding the cable during the cable repair, a piece of material struck him on the right wrist and hand. The material struck him on a brace that he was wearing from a previous injury that occurred at home.

Employee was walking on barge and tripped over piece of metal. He fell and landed on his left hand. Left hand is badly bruised.

The employee had thrown railcar switch East of Engineering Building. He walked back to railcar to pull himself back up on the step of railcar and felt pain in his lower back. He said that his back had locked up and he cannot straighten up.

Employee was installing Tillman roller in the cooler frame in the clinker cooler area. As he was under the walkers to roll forward he utilized the hard back stand to lift the cooler. As he left a little pressure on the cooler he reached over to get the other Tillman roller. At the same time the porta power came off the stand and hit the employee on his left hand.

Miner exited excavator to break for lunch on 6/29/15 and stepped down into a rut. Miner felt a pop in his back. Miner completed shift. Miner reported to work at 4:00AM on 6/30 and performed normal duties. At approximately 7:00AM on 6/30, miner reported injury to supervisor.

Employee was carrying empty bags into the warehouse and tripped over a pallet, causing him to fall.

2 employees trying to loosen on motor base of crusher. Employee was holding the wrench on a bolt and co-worker was hitting the wrench with the sledge hammer. The wrench slipped, employee fell forward and pinched his finger between the wrench and the motor base. His finger is broke

EE dismounted equipment and stepped on a rock. Injury was to L foot, arch area. Minor contusion/bruise. EE was asked if he wanted to go to urgent care, he declined. 6/29/15 EE called me at approx 8:35 pm. I informed him to go to the hospital if he was in ""that much pain"". EE was sent to Podiatrist on 6/30/15 to follow up. MRI and blood work 7/1. EE admitted 7/4 w/infection L foot.

Roof Bolting Machine operator was installing 8 foot rope bolts. As he was placing the bolt in the hole and pushing it into place he accidently hit the rotation lever on the drill. As the bolt begin to spin a strand of wire or metal broke away from the bolt and entered the right hand of the machine operator.

Miner slipped entering the Rupturing a disk in his back.

The employee was operating a skid steer and had brought the forks up into the air when they became loose and swung down fracturing his leg. The forks had not been locked, they were thought to be an automatic lock but was actually a manual lock.

Employee was standing on a catwalk lifting a screen panel to hand up to another employee when he felt his left elbow ""pop.""

The employee was cutting angle iron with a torch. The angle iron was positioned on pipe stands. The employee stated that while cutting, he attempted to move the angle to make another cut. As he turned his body his foot stuck in the mud, causing his knee to twist, resulting in the injury. Medical evaluation determined a sprained knee, employee released to modified duty.

Employee ran his hand across a piece of steel and felt something go into his index finger on his right hand.

Employee was operating haul truck when top of bed was struck by loader bucket.

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

Welder was welding on the crusher in a squatted position. Other potential contributing factors may be heat and lack of hydration. Welder strained his lower back.

EE holding one side of a suspended roll for conveyor belt, that was being held by an overhead crane with a bar running through the middle. Another EE was prying nails out and the bar in the middle failed and the EE's hands were caught between the hook and the bar.

During the reassembling of a portion of a discharge conveyor a support bolt in a pivot hinge broke allowing the conveyor to fall and injuring 2 miners.

Employees were moving a 55 gallon drum of oil from containment area. The barrel slip from the ledge of the area causing the dolly to strike EE in left hip and straining his lower back. No treatment was sought until July 7/8/2015. EE was evaluated 7/24/2015 MRI results 08/04/15 prescription meds and physical therapy changed first aid to medical.

The injury occurred when a trained miner fell from a height of 4 to 5 feet onto the rock floor of the quarry. The condition contributing to the fall was the miner placing himself in an elevated position with no tie off. There was one injured party.

While working to clean a small pile of material in a dust hopper the employee was covered by previously unseen hot material from the bags above. The employee has had skin grafts to both legs for burns.

Employee stated he was walking up a stairway and felt pain in lower calf. Visited doctor and discovered a tear in knee area. Determined by Workers Compensation after investigation this was work related on 9/21/2015.

Injured was a moving a piece of metal when his hand slipped off the metal, causing him to lose his balance and catch himself against the rib. His weight caused his shoulder to be placed in an awkward position. This caused a tear in his muscle in his shoulder.

While climbing down the ladder of a haul truck,employee's foot got stuck between ladder rungs causing the employee to fall. As a result, employee sprained/strained her left knee.

The man, and a helper were changing a hydraulic cylinder on a roof bolter. They were lifting the cylinder up in the air, and it fell onto his upper leg.

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

While rushing to get into a ramcar caught his foot and fell forward into the opening. As he tried to catch himself struck his left arm against the plate behind the seat bruising his shoulder. X-rays were negative but he was placed on a no use of left arm restriction due to pain.

Miner got out of equipment to smoke a cigarette, and when returning to backhoe he tripped over the out rigger and fell on his left shoulder

Employee was cutting abandoned overhead pipe. He started cutting the pipe and it came down and knocked the ladder out from under him and he fell to the floor.

Employee states he was walking up the stairs from the Slurry basement when he turned around to go back down the stairs. He caught his foot on the stair and fell backward on to his tail bone hitting the edge of the step.

Employee using chemical (Naphta) for routine cleaning of lab equipment, complained of headache, disorientation, and nausea.

Employee stepped onto tank pulling hmself up with right arm.

While using the Stairs at Jadair, EE foot slipped from the stair causing his right ankle to twist.

Stepped (hopped) over barricade. When right foot landed, right knee hyperextended.

Vibrating Grizzly Feeder drive belt was slipping, employee climbed into the guarded location area w/o turning off the motor, slipped, braced himself on a C112 single v belt, that action started the belt again, right hand went through the pulley. No fingers lost, stitches on index finger as well as a burn. The x-ray showed nothing. Seeing an orthopedic specialist on 6/15/15.

While co worker was counter sinking holes for set screws using electric drill the injured miner was holding the piece being drilled when the bit broke thus forcing the drill bit into his right thumb.

An employee was assisting a co-worker using an air hose & lance when the hose separated from the lance causing the hose to whip around striking the employee's hand, resulting in a fracture to the right thumb.

EE was on top of railroad car to move storm lids from opening on the car to prepare to move the car to the next loading position. He stated that he was moving the lid and slipped falling into the hopper car partially loaded. he did not have his safety belt on at the time of the incident.

The employee was cleaning up spilled stone from the surge tunnel. When he lifted a large rock, he felt a pop in his back. He informed his supervisor, but did not seek medical care until 6/25/15, making this a reportable accident.

Employee was lifting the screen out of the McCloskey 155 screening Plant with the help of 2 co-workers. He injured his right bicep.

Employee was cutting cable on a drag line. When the cable was cut, it began spinning and caught one of the fingers of his glove. Finger was severely dislocated and cut.

Employee was climbing down a ship ladder to the dock. He placed his left foot on the ground then began to lift his right foot off the ladder and heard a pop and felt pain in his left ankle. He went to the ER and was diagnosed with a sprained left ankle and was given two days of lost scheduled work days. He is now working at this site on restricted duty.

EE MASHES RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN FRONT SPRING AND AXLE OF STOCKPILE TRUCK DURING MAINTENANCE CAUSING BROKEN BONE

EE claimed with the Industrial Commission a back injury 6/6/2015. There was no report of injury to us, and no cause of injury. We denied the claim. EE had surgery. We sent ee to an Independent Medical Exam and it was ruled compensable. We received the report 10/16/2015 from the IME doctor.

A working foreman sustained a laceration and fracture to the tip of his left index finger while positioning a motor base. The miner was attempting to move the motor base with a coworker into position when his finger got caught between the motor base and frame.

Employee stated while pulling core tube out of pipe with both hands, twisting & pulling - he stated he felt a pinch in his neck, causing discomfort/soreness. Went to medic, then to ER. Doctor issued restrictions.

He was cutting a rope and the utility knife slipped and cut his left leg.

Employee was dismounting from a Haul Truck (CAT 785), employee missed grabbing the handrail, lost balance and foot slipped from the access ladder and fell approximately 10 feet to the ground.

Employee was working with another employee to change the idler rack when he felt a pop in his shoulder that caused him pain and limited mobility in his shoulder. He did not seek medical treatment until 6/16/2015.

Maintenance employee slipped/tripped after removing the upper cover of the chain drive from C-70 conveyor head pulley striking his forehead on the lower flange of the chain box resulting in lacerations to his forehead and face requiring stitches. The employee was released to return to work with restrictions.

Using a loader to move an oversized rock. As he raised bucket & started forward, rear tires of loader came off ground, causing rock to fall out of bucket. Loader rocked back/forth, causing employee to bounce around, developing back pain, he was wearing seat belt.

EE and another ee were instructed to clean out EL-11 pit. They cleaned the grate covering the pit, then decided to remove the grating to better access the pit. EE was holding the grating and let it slip out of his left hand resulting in a tendon tear in his right arm at the bicep.

Attempting to remove sheave on crusher while hammering wedge, wedge flew out and hit right hand.

EE was loading belt framing for a belt lay. He picked up a piece of framing and felt a pain in his back. He continued to work without restrictions. Due to sporadic pain he was scheduled an MRI. He was given restrictions on 06/16/2015 that due not allow him to fulfill all duties of his regular occupation.

With supt removing flywheel off crusher, spacer pins buckled pinching employee's hand. Employee refused treatment; had full mobility of finger & hand. 6-2-15 Employee reported everything was fine just sore & bruising. 6-9-15 employee complained of lack of full extension of pinky finger went to dr for eval & sent to specialist 6-10-15 specialist determined fracture & put in cast

Employee was flipping a stone and the stone pinched his hand under the fifth finger. Avulsion/laceration to left hand. Restricted left hand work until end of healing.

Operating articulating truck, was being loaded with material. In the course of this operation, a large boulder was loaded onto the bed of the truck rocking operator against the armrest.

Cutting bolts with torch to facilitate replacement of drive motor bases on screen when torch being re-positioned for the task brushed by left hand burning area of hand where thumb and hand are joined resulting in a second degree burn that has been seen by a Doctor several times and continues to be treated with Silver Sulfadiazine...free to continue normal job routine as of Monday

EE smashed the tip of his middle finger on his left hand while reinstalling a spring box. No laceration or fracture. Diagnosis was a dislocated knuckle. Initial treatment was to immobilize the fingertip and observation. No restrictions. On 29JUL15 during a follow-up visit the attending PA-C placed restrictions on the use of his left hand making this injury reportable.

Tipped water truck on side. Laceration on back required stitches.

Employee was opening the bottom guard under the head pulley covering a return roller to clean out material that was building up. When the guard opened, a large hardened piece of material fell out and dropped on top of his left foot.

Employee stepped on a rubber conveyor belt lying on the ground which had a rock underneath it. As a result, employee sprained his left ankle.

EE was clearing restriction in PO 1-3 #1 GSC when hot alumina sprayed back causing 2nd. degree burns to the employees' face, nose, mouth, arm and shoulder. Employee was wearing required PPE including gloves, FR clothing and goggles. Preliminary investigation suggests that the employee was not wearing a faceshield at the time of the incident.

While hammering/impacting bolts loose on a preheat blower vent, rust from pipe fell from about 20-30 feet hitting left hand causing abrasion to the skin.

Power failure, blower motor filled with dust. Cleaning dust from fan motor, glove caught between housing & fan blade edge causing fingertip/fracture of right middle finger. Required 6 sutures.

While walking past the slope belt tail piece, the employee slipped on some loose wet material and slid onto the gob clean out door. The door slid open and he fell approx. 5.5 feet onto the slope track. The fall resulted in three small fractures to his back.

Employee was hitting the outside of Hydrate Bin #3 with a hammer to dislodge choked up material. As he was striking the bin, a cap on an outside spout popped off. Lime shot out of the spout, went behind his glasses and into his eye causing an ocular burn.

Uneven rocky terrain. Employee has been evaluated several times by different physicians at occ med and released to work fit for full duty with no restrictions. On the last evaluation employee was put on restriction/light duty.

Employee picked up a bag of sand off the ground and felt a pain in his lower back.

The employee was transferring from one rail car to the next when he slipped and fell landing on his shoulder. The employee reported pain in his ribs and shoulder. An MRI was taken on 07/17/15 that indicated a rotator cuff injury. Surgery is scheduled for 07/31/2015. The employee has been on light duty but it has not offset his normal job duties.

Ee was walking underground and felt a pop in R knee and had immediate pain. *Injury did not become reportable until 7/9/15.

Employee stated he was operating the roof bolt machine and as he placed the drill steel in the chuck his left hand was pinched between the steel and chuck, resulting in a laceration. Sutures were required to close the wound.

While placing cribbing under the dredge a rail road tie shifted and smashed the tip of left middle finger

Against procedure an employee attempted to track a conveyer while it was in motion buy accessing a ladder to reach the adjusters, While doing so he came in contact with the moving belt causing his left arm to be caught briefly. He received first aid for abrasions and contusions and has no restrictions. The employee was given a prescription for pain, making this reportable

EE was filling and lifting 5"" bags for powder truck. Felt twinge in back.

Working on loader and employee felt a slight strain in back at the time. The next day the employee reported that his back was feeling sore. Employee was placed on modified duty starting 6-25-15.

Individual was bending wires and sprained his right shoulder. The individual was placing 500 mcm wires into a disconnect and bending them to fit into the disconnect. They were working with a partner at the time of the injury as well.

Injured employee was rocking the feeder back and forth with the v-belts when the counter weights broke over the top, causing his finger to be caught between the v-belt and the v-belt pulley

Employee was on a stepladder when the ladder shifted causing the employee to strain his left shoulder. On 7/9/15 he was diagnosed with a left shoulder rotator cuff tear.

Employee was carrying a small electric motor when he tripped on a corner of a box and fell. The motor landed on his right ring finger lacerating and fracturing it.

Employee left control room and went down the stairs. At the bottom of the stairs, he stumbled and turned his ankle. Steps were clear, no trip hazards present. Employee reported incident, was taken to dr. placed on restricted duty (limited standing and walking) 6/24.

While walking out of the control house, down steps, he felt/heard a pop from behind his right knee.

Injured was driving a pin in a rub rail. The hammer broke and cut his hand

Ops techs were pulling slack up in the trailing cable with a pu truck with the tech on the ground being inside the slight radius of the cable. The action of the cable forming a straight line between the cable tree and the pu truck swept the tech's feet out from under him causing him to land on his left shoulder. A medical procedure on 7/9/15 makes this incident reportable.

A pit millwright and a dragline oiler were replacing a spreader bar pin to the upper chain when the weld on the pin's lifting-eye broke. The lifting-eye hit the dragline oiler in the mouth breaking a tooth and fracturing his jaw.

A Serviceman IV temporarily assigned to the pack house stepped off the forklift to refuel it with propane when he felt pain in his left knee. He was sent back with no restrictions. On 8/6/2015 a specialist reviewed his MRI and put him restrictions.

Injured was walking, stepped in a hole in the mine floor and sprained his knee.

Employee dropped a screw, bent down to pick it up, and experienced increasing pain the next few days. Employee was given work restrictions to limit knee movement. Full diagnosis is pending. Injury did not become reportable until June 24, when restrictions were issued.

Employee was troubleshooting palletizer unit feeder forks. He locked out unit and when he released the brake on the mechanism, the feeder fork frame struck the side of his head. Employee received a cut to the scalp requiring stitches, was placed on restricted duty 6/23 returned to regular duty 7/2.

Employee bent over to install a small metal cap on a port. As the employee stood up, he felt a strain in his lower back.

Employee was being shown area he was to be working in for the repairs of crushing plant, employee slipped on wet slab with crusher dust on it. Employee suffered a sprain to the left knee

Emp walking down railroad track looking for location of air loss to hose. Rail car hose uncoupled under pressure and struck employee in right leg and right arm. Hose caused puncture wound in right arm with possible fracture. Emp. taken to ER and placed on restrictions, given prescription pain med and referred to orthopedic doctor.

Employee had just reported to work. As she pushed open the door, she felt a pain in her R middle finger. Reported incident to supervisor. Wound was cleaned, employee sent to dr. who removed a small metal sliver and gave her 2 stitches. Employee placed on restricted duty (left handed)6/22 Door was inspected and no sharp edges found. Employee released to reg duty 7/1

EE was emptying a soda ash hopper with a guzzler truck and a chunk became lodged at the end of the hose. EE went to remove the chunk with the EE's hands. EE successfully removed the chunk. EE's right arm was sucked into the hose resulting in a dislocated right shoulder.

Operator was climbing down steps to get off of the truck, thought he was on the last step and went to step off on the ground, wasn't on the last step and fell backwards to the ground and tried to catch himself injuring his left wrist

RED LINE CASE, QUESTIONABLE INCIDENT, UNDER REVIEW employee was coming down ladder, misplaced foot and missed bottom rung, grabbed ladder and felt pain in low back

The employee proceeded to remove a truck starter, which has an approximately weight of 60 pounds, alone, but it slipped and jabbed the left hand ring finger against the concrete; causing an open wound of approximately one inch in length. Stitches were took on the finger. The employee will return to restrictive work.

Employee was moving a guard when he smashed his left index finger which required stitches.

The ee in question was assisting a coworker in releasing a tire trailer from the fifth wheel coupling on a tractor. The employee managed to get the pin to release and instructed his coworker to move the tractor forward. The EE in question was not aware of his body positioning, had his foot in the front of the tractor's rear tires, resulting in his foot getting run over.

Employee was tramming the continuous miner out of the No. 8 entry. He stopped the miner to hook up the cable slack rope, as he was moving away from the miner he started the miner up and the continuous miner slewed toward him causing him to be pushed against a timber.

EE was operating a haul truck when the e brake set, causing the EE to be jarred in the operators compartment.

Employee was on a ladder taking measurements and as he began to descend the ladder fell over causing him to fall to ground.

Team member strained back

Employee was pulling on a copper cathode when it slipped. He fell backwards and went to catch himself by putting his hand down. He strained his wrist and was put on restricted duty.

Employee was operating drill during shift. He then was on vacation the next day when it became sore. Employee went to the doctor on the 27th and was put on restricted duty. On July 6th employee resigned from the company.

Operator bumped left knee on dozer hand rail.

The 988 was loading shot rock onto 770 haul trucks. While waiting on trucks to return to pit. Operator move a large rock from loading area the rock slipped out of his bucket causing operator's body to jerk like whiplash. Tightness in the shoulder area. Check by a physician had a slight muscle strain.

Employee was standing in front of a door to a hopper. Material fell from the top of the hopper and came out the door. The employee turned his back to the material and it covered his back. The harness being worn by the employee held the material in place long enough for it to burn his back.

Lab Tech was analyzing stone sizing in the lab, which is a repetitive motion, when she felt soreness in her right shoulder. She reported her soreness on the DOI but did not receive treatment until 7/7/15 which includes modified duty.

Employee was walking down a 3-step stair and missed the second step causing him to fall. Employee is feeling pain in his left leg and was release to work with restrictions

Installing fan belts on 773F Haul Truck. Caught left middle finger between tensioner pulley and cross member. Laceration requiring 11 stitches.

Miner was barring down on left rib when a rock 18"" x 5"" came out, bounced off 6"" air line and struck miner on top of right foot.

EE felt his shoulder stiffen up due to the repetitive motions. He reported his pain on 6/11/15 to the company and he decided to apply first aid treatment to his shoulder. On 6/16/15, EE felt pain after the first aid treatment and was escorted to the health clinic around 7:30AM. He was diagnosed with a sprain/strain right shoulder and given restrictive duty.

Employee opened a port without PPE and the heat caused a burn on his arm.

EE exiting drill, lost footing and hit right thumb on handrail. EE remains at full duty and physician is now recommending surgery to repair. Tentative surgery date is 3/24/2016. Following surgery EE will return to work under restrictive duty.

Removing wood block from metal stand used to hold new burner pipe. Moved block, stand fell, impact foot behind steel toe. RT Foot Contusion, work with minimal ambulation. Required several moves to clear power lines, increased employee interaction. Lack of prep how stand was set up, the wood block was placed on stand and was not needed.

Employee was changing screens on wash plant when he stepped backward he slipped at the oversize chute, employee fractured right fibula.

Employee was changing out oxygen and acetylene bottles on a utility trailer when he strained his lower back.

EE was carrying a portable air tugger that slipped out of his grasp, as he caught the falling tool, his right elbow was strained. EE continued regular duties until dr prescribed surgical repair of partial muscle tear. Employee will work with restriction of right arm until released.

Injured was using a hammer to remove a link from a chain when he felt pain in his lower back. Injured sought treatment after work when the condition didn't improve.

While exiting a Caterpillar 980M front loader the employee slipped while exiting and bumped his left elbow on the loader causing a laceration that required sutures.

Employee was standing on a tongue of a supply trailer getting ready to hook up hydraulic lines when he jumped off of the tongue and landed on a rock spraining his right ankle

Employee attached a hydraulic line in a D-5N Dozer, when he stood up after being in a cramped position, he experienced numbness and weakness in his right leg that did not resolve. He sought treatment, the diagnosis was a pinched nerve in his knee. He was placed on light-duty pending resolution through physical therapy.

Employee reported an accident on 7/10/2015 which he said occurred on 6/14/2015. He initially complained about his neck from an old injury, then he changed his story days later saying it was his back. We opened an investigation feeling that this was not work related. On 7/10/15 employee was seen by a chiropractor and was given RD.

Closing 2C cyclone and stepped up on the beam to reach airline. When stepping down, did not place foot all the way on the ground, and slipped on the beam causing her to twist her right ankle. Requested no further medical attention at this time.

Employee using iron bar to unstop Tube Mill.

Mechanic was removing a ripper tooth from a dozer. Employee struck ripper with a hammer to break it loose from the shank. When the hammer struck the ripper tooth, a small piece of metal struck the mechanic in the right leg below the knee, resulting in a foreign body that had to be removed by a doctor. Stitches were required.

Employee pulled a retractable line on a fall prevention yoyo and injured his left middle finger. He reported it at about 11:00 am. He was wearing all PPE including gloves. Employee declined medical treatment. Then at about 3:25 pm he said he wanted to go to the doctor as a precaution.

The operator of the 515 Haul Truck was backing up to the 46 Shovel to be loaded. The Haul Truck operator did not follow the shovel operator's directive when he honked his horn for the truck to stop. The haul truck operator continued to back up until the truck hit the dipper.

Employee as hanging cable along the back. He was kneeling in a man basket as the basket was being raised when he lost balance and placed his hand on the railing. There was a 1x1 board hanging from the back that smashed his right ring finger between it and the railing as the basket was being raised causing a contusion.

Employee stated he has been running a loader for 35 years and am 59 yrs old and the right side of my neck started to hurt and become stiff. Tense muscles in neck. NO restrictions but started physical therapy on July 15th to ease muscles. I received the list of therapy sessions on July 29th.

As haul truck operator was preparing to dismount, the cab filter door was open and caught employee's right pant leg causing her to trip and fall onto haul truck deck.

Employee was removing a bent pulley. While lifting the belt off the pulley the bearing rolled out onto the employees left foot causing a fracture to the left foot

After delivering concrete to mine, employee's foot slipped on the combined sand & concrete build-up that was around the pipe that the employee was pouring concrete into, causing him to fall. When falling he stretched out his right arm & hand to catch himself & his right shoulder became dislocated when his hand hit the ground.

On 6/11/2015 employee was packing 48"" belt rollers, and twisted his lower back. He continued performing his regular duties, until 7/16/2015, when he was examined by a Physician and put on light duty.

The employee cut a 3/4 inch hose to length. Then he was making a vertical cut downward splitting the hose lengthwise. Holding the hose in his hand he cut through the hose his glove and the palm of his hand

Employee was stick welding when he experienced pain in his left wrist-diagnosis:tendonitis

Employee hurt his left calf muscle as he was climbing up onto his haul truck.

EE strained lower back moving welding equipment.

Employee rolled out a hose on the lube shop floor, and while rolling it back up, employee felt a pop to his right shoulder, and discomforting pain. He was taken to the ER, given restrictions and referred to an orthopedic specialist.

EE stepped back during the process of changing the screen decks on the JCI cone crusher and scraped/bruised his right calf. He told his foreman at the time but it did not appear to be of concern. On 5/15, he told his foreman that the leg was swollen and very sore. He was sent to OC Health on 6-16

EE entered the cyclone area of the riser through the man way door on floor 1E. As EE was walking to his work area he said that the fan that was inside the work area blew dust into his eyes. The fan was inside to provide air movement along with an air horn to disperse airborne particulates to the outside atmosphere.

Injury occurred while installing new shaker motor. Motor was rigged to a Skytrak that was equipped with special rigging arm. All workers noticed beforehand that Skytrak would start to shake due to angle load was in. Skytrak shook pinching ee hand in between motor being lowered and another motor that was already installed on roof. Pinch caused lacerations requiring stitches.

The miner was working on the removal of the Primary Crusher South Side Sheave. He needed to remove one of the two bolts on the back side using a striking wrench and a 4lb hammer. He put the wrench on the nut using his left hand and started swinging the 4lb hammer from the bottom up. He hit the wrench a few times before it impacted his left hand index finger.

EE was stepping off the machine's ladder. Ladder was on top of a berm. Boot rolled and EE fell to the ground.

Employee was forming a ditch when copper/moly concentrate was released from work area above and started raining down on employee. When he went to retrieve power tools before leaving the ditch he bent down with his hand on top of metal form, the moisture caused his arm to slip out from under him dislocating his shoulder.

EE walking to his work area, tripped and fell on right knee. EE placed on Restricted duty on 6.10.15.

Employee was assisting others with a drive shaft installation on a washing screen. While he was tightening a bolt, the chain holding the counterweight slipped off, allowing the counterweight to rotate clockwise pinching his finger between it and the impact wrench. This caused him to receive a laceration and fracture to his left index finger.

Associate was dismounting equipment and to avoid stepping on a pile of mud he attempted to step over it and his foot gave way and twisted causing a stress fracture to his right foot.

Employee stepped up onto the push arm of the D65PX-17 Dozer and his muddy boot slipped off of the step and since he was holding onto the grab iron, (handhold), it spun him around straining his back

EE was digging in the hard rock portion of the muck pile when the CAT 988F loader teeth slipped out of muck pile jolting machine and the EE.

Hit rock in road jarring back. Report only at first. Saw dr on 6-15. He was placed on restricted duty pending x-rays. To return to dr on 6-19-15.

On 6/8/15 the employee was taken to the Company clinic, diagnosed with a right index finger laceration and fracture and was placed on restricted duty which was accommodated. The employee pinched his finger between a pin and an auto leveler guard on a loader during a repair.

Employee was working in the basket of the Man lift. He was using a pry bar to force a wing pulley back into the frame. As he was applying force to the pry bar it slipped from the corner of the GTU frame causing the tip of his left hand index figure to get pinched/smashed between the pry bar and the wing pulley.

EE WAS STEPPING OUT OF A DUMP TRUCK, HE STEPPED OUT ONTO SOME LOOSE MATERIAL TWISTING HIS RT ANKLE AND HEARD IT POP. THE CLINIC DID AN XRAY, IT DIDN'T SHOW A FRACTURE. THE DR STATED IT WAS A SPRAIN.

Employee was carrying a 60lb roller and had a set of steps (2 steps) to step up and when he stepped he felt a strain in his lower back.

Employee was in number 4 entry operating the miner when a section of rib and roof rock fell striking him on the back the rock measured 43"" long 8"" wide and 12"" thick employee received brush burns and a bruised back

RED LINE CASE BECAME RECORDABLE ON 6/17/15 CASE UNDER REVIEW employee was opening a valve and struck 5th digit right hand with sledgehammer, unsure how it happened, 1 week later presented with increased pain and swelling after weekend off, xray revealed tuft fracture

Employee was using a utility knife to cut conduit when the knife slipped at cut his left palm.

While placing the grating on the a welding table in the shop, the employees left hand middle finger became pinched between the welding table and the grating. This caused a laceration to the finger. First responders were called and the employee was transported to the E.R. via ambulance.

Employee was loading drill steel on carousel and the drill steel fell pinching his left hand.

EE bent down to look at screen bin, when he stood up he twisted his right knee. EE placed on restricted duty.

Employee was using a truck rack, as he was pulling it back into stored position he felt a pain in his right knee. Employee refused medical treatment at time incident was reported. Requested medical treatment that following Monday. Employee had placed himself in an awkward position which contributed to this incident.

While getting out of a pickup truck to work at the pond 7 laydown, the sole of his boot caught on the floor mat. This caused a misstep and he twisted his left knee. He was taken to the hospital and instructed to keep all weight off the knee.

Employee was performing clean-up activities on ground level next to conveyor belt 10 when errant rock fell from screen deck and hit his right thumb and right ring finger cutting his finger.

Spreader bar was dropped in between tubes to be turned 90 degrees to open gap between tubes for cleaning. Spreader bar was caught between 1st tube in bundle and tube below. Employee tried to remove stuck spreader bar by using force with his arms agitating back and forth without success. Employee retrieved larger spreader bar and separated tube bundle to remove stuck spreader bar.

Employee was drilling 2' down holes with a plugger when the steel became plugged. Employee turned machine upside down to rattle steel to unplug it and grabbed hold of the rotating steel and his glove became entangled on the drill steel. Employee forcefully pulled his hand out of his glove which caused a fracture to his right index finger and a dislocated middle finger.

Employee attempted to loosen fitting on dozer air conditioner accumulator and pulled muscle in his left shoulder.

Employee stated that he was bending down to pick up a coal sample. As he did, he felt pain in his lower back area. He continued to work but finally went to doctor on 6/19/2015 to get checked. Doctor has him on some restrictions. No lost days but reportable due to the restrictions.

Employee stepped on a rock and sprained his ankle.

Employee turned and reached behind her for her purse, felt a ""burning"" pain/sensation in the middle of her back

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A 4X4 TIMBER WHEN A PIECE OF STONE FELL AND STRUCK THE 4X4. THE 4X4 WAS FORCE DOWN ON TO THE EMPLOYEES LEFT FOOT CAUSING BRUISING.

Employee was loading a tanker with 10 mesh. He was pulling a sample with sample cup, He filled cup and let it rest on tanker lid to get better grip on handle when it fell off lid and he tried to catch it but the weight of cup and sample in cup together was too much and he felt a pop in right shoulder and felt pain go down his arm into finger tips.

Miner was climbing down a ladder and twisted his knee on dismount.

The employee stated that while operating the 740 truck on the refuse dump he drove over a hole and strained his back. He sought medical attention and placed on restricted duty for two days.

Employee reported pain in lower back or hip on 6/3/15, said he had minor pain last Friday 5/29/15, but is now getting worse. Does not seem to know what caused the pain, thought maybe a twist. Doctor has him on restricted weight limit and is currently unable to perform job.

employee was running an impact tool, the impact slipped off the nut, the socket hit the grating and bounced off grating and struck employee in mouth breaking 2 teeth and lacerating lip requiring sutures

Employee was shoveling at #4 Kiln feed end stone belt and felt pain in his lower back and the muscle tied up.