Mining Incidents in December 2015

Hoist non-working due to extreme outside temperatures/ 6 shaft hoist is operational, out of use due to temperature.

At approximately 9:15 a.m. the slope hoist malfunctioned and had to be corrected by repairing a cooling fan in the housing of the electrical components.

#3 Production Hoist kicked Power, Power was restored. #2 & #6 shaft were still available for escapeways

The dumping mechanism on the skip was damaged when the linkage used to dump the skip failed causing further damage, this resulted in the hoist being inoperable for more than 30 minutes.

Hoist non working due to a loading pocket fault

A roof fall occurred on the S2 M4 right side return air course measuring approximately 17' w x 17' l x 12' h.

A wind storm caused the CEI transformers on the site to lose power. The mine was evacuated via the Koepe conveyance. All employees were evacuated with no injuries or other issues. The power company (CEI) restored power the following day around 1:00PM.

The weekly examiner found this fall on his weekly run in G entry of the North B return at spad #5+99 The fall was approximately 20'long and 17'wide and 6'high. This area was mined in 5/1/2006 and was supported with 6' fully grouted bolts. No injuries or property damage. The fall is blocking the return as is being cleaned up and supported.

A roof fall was discovered on 1 South Parallel Mains at break 13. The fall was approximately 20 feet long. Ventilation was not impaired and no travelways were impeded. All approaches to the fall were breakered off.

An unplanned roof fall was discovered near Spad #11463 at the mouth of the West Mains 6 left bleeder panel. The fall measured approximately 20' long and 40' wide and fell just above the 4' anchorage. The fall occurred in the regular travel-way for the weekly airway examiner and was reported via hot line.

An unplanned roof fall was discovered by a mine examiner on #1 section, #5-6 intersection, @ #12 block. The fall measured 70'L by 18""W by 14'H.

The Pleasant Grove Elevator was down from 1:45pm to 3:00pm due to a computer malfunction.

The mine was shut down for the Holidays. There was no shift start time. No one was working. We had an 8"" rain storm. Water entered the pit and eventually entered the mine openings.

A Mine examiner discovered an unplanned roof fall on the #1 section; #6 entry; #10 block; spad #G286 measuring 11' high x 20' long x 20' wide

12"" to 16"" of snow. Load on powerline or tree snapped under load and fell on powerline. 52 miners underground - all on surface by 1645 hrs.

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A roof fall occurred in the No. 4 entry of the 1st South East Main, 11 Seam. The fall was located in the pillar line between crosscuts No. 33 and 34 and measured approximately 18' X 20' X 6'.

An unplanned fire which was extinguished within 5 (five) minutes occurred on a 650 battery receptacle located in the F24 recovery section at the battery charging station located in #3 Entry at 3 wall. There were no injuries as a result of this incident. The right battery receptacle and the charger cable plug were damaged.

On 12/22/15 a roof fall was discovered in the 1 Left 3 East air course 1 crosscut outby the #2 seal. The fall was approximately 70' long X 20' wide X 14' in height. The cause of the fall was determined to be weathering.

Sunshine Mine lost power due to damage caused by a tree contacting main electrical service line owned & maintained by Avista Utilities. Loss of power occurred while miners were working in Jewell shaft. They were temporarily stuck in shaft till power was restored & they were hoisted to surface. Power was restored by Avista at 10:04am & the miners were hoisted to surface at 10:10am.

On December 21st 2015 the service hoist located at Camp Creek Portal went down with 12 people on the hoist due to the tail ropes coming in contact with the wooden beams at the bottom of the shaft.

As B shaft skip hoist was leaving the pocket, damage occurred resulting in the hoist being inoperable for more than 30 minutes.

During routine x-ray examinations, it was discovered that the rope on the supply hoist was bad. The hoist was immediately taken out of service and plans were made to install a new rope. There were no injuries or property damage due to the incident.

At approximately 5:00pm the Silver Shaft Hoistman was performing his checks when the hoist faulted and displayed a North Brake not Released Fault. No Miners were on either conveyance. Electricians found the North Brake Release Limit Switch was out of adjustment. Electricians corrected the problem and pre-shift checks were completed and Hoist was released to Production.

On our Updraft Drying Fan failed and we had a fire in our Electrical Room (EER1). 45 minutes prior to this we know the current to the Fan went way up, speed went way down, power draw went way down, motor temps skyrocketed and the fan vibration decreased.

Top of power pole was observed as smoldering with intermittant flames. Contacted local fire department and power company. Fire was approximately 12-16"" in diameter at the top of the pole and did not travel down the pole. Approximately 3 hours elapased before it could be verified as 100% out. MSHA hotline called at 11:32 following inability to confirm it was out beyond 30 min.

Roof fall was discovered in the inactive working of the old 3 main panel at spad location 1934 extending over toward 1940 between No. 1 and 2 entry. Fall was approximately 40' in length, 20' in width and 6' 1/2 in height. Area was developed 11/15/2011. Cribs set and timbers. Area dangered off. Ventilation controls were not affected. No injuries, no equipment involved.

While going back to do his pre-vehicle inspection report on his welding truck the employee discovered the welding truck adjacent to his was completely burnt as it appeared to catch fire between the afternoon shift and morning shift.

At approx 4:45 a problem was identified during normal testing of the production hoist main breaks. Trouble shooting began, repairs were made, and the hoist was opperational at approx 5:45 am.

Fire occurred on Tram Motor 24 at 5200-155 Raise. Miners unplugged battery power to motor and used extinguisher into motor . Miners then exited drift for the 5200 shop. Stench was initiated and mine evacuated

Loading pocket fault. 2 Shaft and 6 Shaft were available for hoisting.

An unintentional roof fall occurred on the #1 Section #5 Entry 1 break outby spad 5818. The fall was approximately 25ft x 20ft x 6-7ft. There were no injuries reported. Two (2) mobile roof support jacks were involved in this roof fall.

At approximately 7:15 p.m., the Spice Lick elevator was taken out of service due to an electrical malfunction.

Electrical, loose Wire #1 contact. MSHA notified 8:25 p.m., evacuation of miners started at 8:14 p.m., repairs were made and tested at 8:40 p.m., miners returned underground at 8:48 p.m.

An unplanned ignition of coal dust occurred internally in a coal mill. There were no injuries to people, nor was there damage to equipment. This incident was called into the MSHA Reporting Hotline on December 10, 2015. Confirmation was received by the MSHA Henderson Field Office Supervisor. This is a follow up written report.

On 10 December 2015 at/about 11:30 PM, a rupture disk on No. 3 Coal Mill opened releasing pressure build up to system.

An unplanned roof fall was discovered at 9:30 am located at the 1st NW main xc 152 spad 124+43 #9 entry. The roof fall was on top of some power cables. Approx length 40' by 20' width by above 6' high.

A programming issue was found with the ventilation doors in the #1 emergency hoists making it inoperable. There was no damage to equipment, and no personnel were in the #1 shaft at the time of the incident.

A roof fall occurred on MMU-001 located at spad 408 in the number 2 entry 2 feet above the anchorage point.

The control cable was pulled off of the Portal 2 auxillery hoist man cage causing it to be down for over 30 minutes. The incident was called into the MSHA 800 Number.

North loading gate was caught on structure in the loading pocket. The mine was evacuated with no injuries or other issues. The issue was corrected and the hoist was returned to service.

A Roof fall was discovered in B-Mains x-cut 4 intersection of the number 2 entry. The fall was discovered on a weekly exam. The fall compromised our secondary escape way, all miners were withdrawn to outby that location. Report was called in to the one eight hundred number upon discovery.

The Crabapple slope hoist was not operational for an extended period of time due to electrical issues found during normal inspection. No employees trap or injured as a result of this incident

During the weekly examination, a reportable roof fall was found in F Seam Southwest Main Intakes in entry 3, XC-20. The fall was approximately 30' long, 15' wide and 7' high.

On 12/7/2015 while performing examinations, the examiner discovered an unintentional roof fall near the intake seals. There were no injuries, or damage to equipment. The fall measured approximately 4' x 4' x 16'. The M.S.H.A. was notified and an investigation was conducted.

Employee was entrapped in the pre-heat tower elevator for 1:30. There was radio contact with the employee and he was in good health. The elevator repair contractor was called and they removed the employee unharmed.

#3 hoist kicked power. #6 and #2 hoist were available for evacuation.

The Dry Ridge Elevator was not operational for an extended period of time. The rope grabber oil level became low causing a fault. No injury as a result of this incident

Air compressor went out. MSHA was notified at 12:16 a.m., evacuation started at 12:15 a.m., hoist was repaired at 12:28 a.m. hoist was tested and men returned underground.

A non injury roof fall was discovered in the #1 south panel in the #6 entry at 2375 & 2386 spad App 40ft long 18ft wide and 10ft thick. Neither ventilation or primary escapeway were effected. The affected area has been cribbed off and dangered off.

The service hoist at Portal 2 was taken out of service when a defect was noticed in the rope during a routine inspection. The rope was replaced.

One employee became entrapped on the Fish Creek elevator for 40 minutes. A faulty door switch was the root cause.

An unintentional roof fall occurred on the number 1 belt tail. The fall occurred in the number 4 entry at survey station number 63. The size of the fall is 12 foot 4 inches wide by 12 foot one inch long by approximately five foot high.

At approx 4 PM a drill operator found a misfire in u27 d tunnel face. The drill operator attempted to use an inappropriate technique and utilize the face drill steel to clear the misfire. This action caused the misfired cap to unintentionally detonate. There was no injury and minimal property damage. The drill operator's actions did not follow approved misfire protocol.

Elevator had stopped abruptly at approximately 45-50 feet from the top landing with production crew aboard. The braking system set automatically due to build up on rails.

The 8 Haulage elevator was inoperable in excess of 30 minutes due to one of the wedges catching. No one was on the elevator during this time.

On 12/1/2015 a roof fall was discovered on the 3 West Mains located in the #9 Entry at Brk 7 at spad 1699.

A non-injury accident occurred at this operation involving an unplanned roof fall. This fall was discovered on December 01. 2015 at approximately 06:00 p.m. The fall occurred in the area of spad # 10085.

An employee's hand was pinched causing the employees right index finger to be amputated at the middle phalange, the right middle finger to be lacerated and wrist to be fractured.

Alleged incident-EE knocked #9cm breaker, was removing the cathead and received an electrical shock while their neck was against the cable. Incident is still under investigation. Cause is unknown at this time. Compliance with rules/regs at this time is not factor, incident involved equipment, job skills not a factor, miner proficiency may be a factor, PPE not a factor at this time.

Employee Was clearing topsoil with a dozer. A branch was entangled behind the blade. When the employee tried to remove the branch, it slipped, pinning the employee's right ring finger between the branch and the equipment. When employee removed his glove, the tip of his finger had been removed. Employee kept fingertip and glove with him and was immediately driven to the hospital.

Employee claims he felt tightness in his abdomen while carrying a pipe. Employee was diagnosed with a hernia.

Employee twisted Left Knee mounting a dozer. He sought medical treatment for his injury on 2/29/2016 & began missing work the same day.

Employee was driving to work in his personal vehicle on access road leading to mine. He ran into the mine's water truck on the access road. Employee suffered two cracked vertebrae in his neck.

Employee was in the process of lifting a 16 foot I beam, along with a five other employees, onto the ATRS of the rib bolter when EE felt a sharp pain in EE's lower back. LTA as of 1/11/2016.

Employee was walking across a frozen rutted area when he tripped and fell on his right shoulder resulting in a simple fracture to the upper humerus bone.

An employee sustained burns to the left side of his body. The dryer feed belt had gone down, causing an accumulation of 210 degree crystal and liquid. The employee was standing in front of the chute washing the material off of the belt. A blockage higher in the chute broke free and ejected hot material where he was standing, he tried to turn away but it contacted his left side.

Employee was walking in the reclaim tunnel, as he was walking he slipped on some ice and sprained his ankle.

The employee was walking on grating at a pump station, employee slipped and fell on some ice. This resulted in employee striking right knee on the grating. Employee had knee swelling and complications weeks later......(Through medical evaluations, it was determined to be work related on 5/20/2016).

An employee was starting to cut out a bearing on a pump barrel when the grease flashed in the bearing and a fire ball of grease shot out of the bearing and deflected off the face shield of the employee cutting the bearing and struck another employee standing nearby in the facial area with hot grease.

Employee was shoveling material and as he was shoveling he felt a sharp pain in his back. Employee overstrained or twisted his back wrong and pulled a muscle.

Employee was walking down small flight of steps six steps total. Employee stated he misjudged the top step causing him to twist his right ankle. Employee stated he did not fall at any time. He was utilizing three point of contact.

equipment operator slipped on the steps of a 980H loader. Fell back tried to catch himself, resulting in a broken left wrist.

Miner was using a chain fall to position the rock box for the 3 East transfer. He felt a pain in his left shoulder while pulling down on the chain fall trying to maneuver the rock box into its proper location. Given time off for shoulder pain. Was reaching overhead to pull down. No problems with mining methods, ppe, training or compliance issues.

Loading cable into scoop bucket pinched right ring finger behind scoop ram.

Contractor employee was performing service work on a continuous mining machine. The contractor was attempting to unpin the short side of the rub rail to clean the demister on the machine. When the rub rail was unpinned both sides of the rub rail came out at the same time. The contractor put the rub rails back into place and strained his back.

A trained longwall shearer operator was removing stone off the shearer and stone rolled onto his ring finger. 5 stitches

Rained earlier in the day, stone was wet. The worker used a hand grinder to scribe a line on stone. The disk shot out cutting the worker's stomach.

Employee slipped and fell on ice

Strain of the calf muscle. We were setting a pump due to the extreme rain. He pulled his calf muscle while placing pipe. The slope (which was not extreme) may have helped cause the muscle strain.

Operator had dismounted the blade and was walking away from the machine when he slipped on the snow covered ground landing on his left knee. The MRI showed a tear in the cartilage

Employee was lifting a belt roller to put on a pallet and felt a sharp pain in his lower back.

Employee was walking to his tool box and felt a pop in his right knee.

EE was unclogging a plug when an object struck his head. Another employee found him knelt over & wobbling when he stood up. The employee went for help & came back to find EE gone. EE left the worksite & did not report the injury. He sought medical attention approximately 1 1/2 hrs later & reported a concussion through dr notes on 12/30. Investigation is ongoing.

743HT driver passed a blade, stayed near the windrow, saw the 716HT approaching, so stopped. 716HT driver thought there was room between the 743 and blade to continue, but grazed the rock deflectors. 743 stated he was fine, went to the ER after shift, given a RX muscle relaxer, off work until clears D&A test.

EE had just finished fueling his Komatsu PC400 and was climbing down to set his fuel nozzle in the track and lost balance and fell approx. 4' to a steel deck of the barge. He landed on the left side of his head and shoulder. Gateway Dredging employees observed a 3"" laceration and EE said he had pain in his left shoulder, rib and back area. Immediate decision was made to call 911.

Wheel loader operator stepped off the ladder, turned and twisted ankle. Caused swelling for approx. 48 hours, employee has returned to work and is doing fine.

Employee (bolter operator) was located in the #6 entry on the #1 Section (003 MMU)and was walking ahead of a fletcher RRII bolt machine and was struck by the bolt machine as it was tramming through ventilation curtains. Employee was positioned between the bolt machine and a Joy 1415 CM. Employee received multiple fractures to his pelvic area.

Because of poor illumination the miner could not see and did not use his flashlight. He used his cigarette lighter and the fuel barrel exploded, causing the miner to be burned. He was taken to a hospital with a trauma center for treatment of burns to his face, arm and hand.

Rigging sling broke, ripper shank fell and struck employee's feet

While traveling along C2 drive on his Johnson, the employee struck his left arm on a wiper bar. This resulted in a dislocated elbow and fractured arm.

The employee was carrying a bundle of 5 roof bolts to supply the bolting machine. When he lifted the bolts to place them in the tray, he felt a pain in his left shoulder. The following were not a factor: rules, regulations, mining equipment or systems, protective devices, clothing, skills, proficiency or training. Attitude may have been a factor.

Removing wing shroud on Letourneau L1850 and a small metal fragment broke off and struck him in the neck. This was originally classified as 1st aid because the doctor said leave it in it will heal fine and put a band aid on it. We encouraged the employee to seek a second opinion, he did and the metal was removed February 4, 2016, elevating the incident to a lost time injury.

Employee was welding at chest level. When he finished his weld, he lifted his welding hood and felt pain in his neck.

Employee loading a truck on an extremely windy day and got product in his eyes due to a gust of wind.

Employee reported smelling an odor in the haul truck and feeling ill. She was taken to the ER, diagnosed with an acute headache, and taken off work.

The employee was using both hands to put his trolley pole on the wire. When the pole sprung upward, he caught his right hand between the pole and a beam. The following were not a factor: rules, regulations, skills, proficiency, training, protective clothing or protective devices. Attitude may have been a factor.

Driver was unloading pails of lubricant product for delivery. The pails were on a pallet. He stepped on to the pallet to pick up 2 pails and his left foot caught on the shrink wrap. As he was falling he tried to catch himself with his right leg. He pulled the hamstring in his right leg as he fell. Weather conditions were dry.

Employee was in the bathroom and did not lock the door. An employee opened door quickly and door struck left shoulder and pushed employee into the wall.

Employee was doing advanced belt move when the splice on the belt was caught between the roadway and the tail roller. Employee tried to move the belt with his foot when the tension gave way and caught his right foot and sucked his leg into the roller.

GRM was in area 345 working on #2 secondary cooler when EE attempted to use a wedge & pry bar to get the cooler off the studs. When cooler came free, it lifted slightly and upon coming back down on the studs it smashed right index finger. Brought to local ER afternoon of 12/20/15 & was given prescription meds, then seen by ortho specialist on 12/21/15. Had surgery on 12/22/15.

Employee was tying in two headings for blasting and his right knee 'let go' and as he fell to the mine floor he tried to catch himself. Employee injured left wrist and right knee. Employee has had previous incidents with his right knee.

Employee was pulling scoop outside when a chain came loose and struck him in mouth. Employee had to have stitches in his lip.

A serviceman injured his right shoulder while cutting a padlock off a truck's tool bin with bolt cutters. Afterwards he swung his arm to test and relieve the pain when his shoulder popped. This caused dizziness and numbness to his arm, forcing him to kneel. After regaining strength, he rose to report it. He was seen locally and in Kayenta where a strain was diagnosed.

Customer truck driver hauling material for CKJ Trucking LP. Climbed into bed of truck on tar plane of the haul road as he was climbing down from the top of the truck he slipped and fell approx. 5 feet to the pavement below, landing on his right side.

Employee lifted a drill hammer and felt a ""pop"" in lower stomach. Company received medical reports on 2/9/16 confirming a hernia. Employee has and will, continue to work until he has surgery, which has not yet been scheduled.

Employee was fueling excavator and when EE turned to dismount EE slipped on tracks and fell to ground catching self with left hand and hurt left shoulder. EE continued to work until June 20th, 2016 where EE had surgery on shoulder.

Injured employee was in the process of cleaning material due to pan line gobbing out, when a rock fell off the pan line striking employee's ankle.

Employee pinched his left finger between the belt and a belt winder while repairing the Reclaim belt.

Employee pick up a draw head to put on the gravel car and feel pain in the left shoulder. This was on 12/17/2015. He continue to work and went to the doctor on 12/28/2015 and he still continue to work until 04/01/2016 when he started to miss work to have surgery on his shoulder.

Employee was stepping back up on a Development Bolter to retrieve a needed wrench. In the process his left foot slipped off the bottom step of the bolter's access causing the employee to roll his left ankle when his foot contacted the ground. Employee was maintaining three points of contact. Employee was sent to the E.R. for an evaluation, x-rays were positive for a fracture.

Employee stopped to pick up a roll of air line. As he bent over he felt something in his back.

Employee was moving a piece of scrap pipe across the 2nd floor when he felt pain in his right shoulder.

EE (Temporary Employee) was roof bolting when a piece of roof rock approximately 1ft. x 1ft. x 1-4in. fell and struck him on the right hand. He received a laceration and a fracture to his right ring finger. 4 sutures to close laceration and finger splinted.

The employee was lifting 50 lb bags of lime briquettes into our furnace loading area. Over a two day period the Employee started to have shoulder pains that radiated into his chest. The Employee brought himself to an ER where they determined that he had a rotator cuff issue.

Cleaning up screen rack, lifted 1"" screen and felt a pull in his left shoulder.

Employee slipped on ice and fell on his knee. He was taken to the ER and released to work. On 12/21/15, employee notified supervisor his knee continued to hurt. He was taken to an orthopedic specialist and taken off work pending the results of an MRI. Currently ONGOING.

Employee was on the mine floor working on guarding at a conveyor belt tailpiece when another employee stepped on the back of his foot (heel) causing his left ankle to twist. Caused a strain/sprain to his left ankle, knee and hip.

employee was lifting a slide pan for an MBC when EE strained EE's back. Worked with it until doctor took EE off work on 10-18-16.

Employee states while moving miner back out of cut dropped his head walking through a wing curtain and tripped over a pile of spilled coal or gob losing his balance, caught his self and didn't fall to mine floor, but twisted his back. Taken to emergency room. Employee also stated he has an ongoing back issue with disk deterioration.

Employee had changed out a hose on the #60 shield and as he was raising and lowering the shield a 90 degree fitting broke, the hose whipped around striking employee on ankle causing a contusion to left ankle.

Employee was emptying pail of pulverized lime in the lab when the side of the pail broke causing it to fall on the floor sending lime dust into the air and in the employees eyes.

It was raining. The employee slipped on wet lime. This caused him to fall to the ground. He was checked out at the hospital. He has an inflammation in his back.

Employee was performing belt work along a section belt entry when the ""J"" hooks holding the waterline up to the roof channels, failed causing the waterline to fall onto the employee's shoulder knocking EE to the floor. Employee recently began missing work to have surgery on rotator cuff due to this past injury. Employee didn't violate any regulations and was properly trained.

Employee was walking on the top of the #1 fuel bin on a sloped surface which had residue of fuel and lime. Employee slipped on the residue and slid into the corner of a hatch door. He received a puncture wound to the left side of his torso.

While installing a roof bolt, he tripped and fell against the atrs. (straining his shoulder) **started missing 03/29/2016**

Employee was lifting a VFP box for a miner, up to put on a supply car and felt pain in his back.

The Mechanic helper was working on a piece of equipment in a tight spot. He had his leg folded under his thigh for a period of time and his leg went numb. He went home and the feeling never returned, so he went to the hospital. Doctor said it was a pinched nerve and may take a few days for feeling to return 100%.

EE had plywood getting hoisted up preheater. It was windy & piece of siding started to bend. It snapped off & hit ee in forehead. EE was running winch. Plywood blew away from building. EE lost grip as he regained control guy on 5th floor saw siding loosen, snap & fall. Witness noted ee was unconscious when he got down to him. Paramedics said cuts on both front & back of head.

Employee was using a pick ax to break up buildup under a conveyor and strained his hand. He did not report the injury until 12/16/15 and requested medical attention.

Employee was helping remove drive pulley on effluent pump. They had a chain hoist pulling on the pulley and using pusher bolts when it let loose from taper lock and hit employee in back and right leg.

Employee was walking and stepped over an edge of a flat bill scoop bucket and rolled ankle as he stepped to the mine floor. Received a sprain to the right ankle.

Employee noticed a burning sensation in his left eye but wasn't actually working on anything at the time. The burning got worse as the shift progressed. The employee flushed the irritated eye out with saline and removed two small particles. The eye was still irritated the next shift and employee went to eye doctor who removed another piece of debris.

A second EE backed his hauler into the hauler injured EE was sitting in waiting to get loaded. Proper safety procedures were not used in this incident. Both men said they were OK & did not need medical attention. On 12-15-15 injured EE came into work and said his back was hurting and wanted to get checked out. EE went to ER & was told to follow up with his Dr.

While walking thru last open x-cut on at the longwall employee stepped in a hole twisting his right knee, employee began missing work on 12/17/15 as a result of this injury. PPE was not a factor, compliance rules/regs was not a factor, mining equipment/mining systems was not a factor, miner proficiency was a factor.

Employee was attempting to board the man van, slipped on the running board, and landed on the ground, causing a bump on his head and pain in his shoulder. He was taken to the ER, taken off work his next shift, with a full release for 12/15/15, a scheduled day off.

Injured picked up winch hook to move from behind bucket ram into the scoop bucket. While positioning the hook in the bucket he pinched his gloved middle finger between the winch hook and the bucket, receiving a fracture. Occurred in track heading of 1 East, 27 block. No problems with training, ppe, mining machines or compliance issues.

An operator was hosing down floors for housekeeping, he noticed a burning sensation to both feet but continued to work. After several hours, the burning sensation progressed to a point of painfulness at which time he removed his boots and realized he had burns to both feet. Holes in his work boots (both) allowed Sodium Hydroxide exposure to his feet.

Employee was opening a drawer in a tool cabinet and a port-a-power ram rolled out of the tool cabinet landing on the top of the employee's right foot. Employee was seen by E.R. x-rays negative but restrictions were issued.

The employee stepped near scoop to unload material, the employee did not realize that the scoop operator had not lowered the scoop bucket completely. The scoop bucket when lowered landed on employee's foot causing injury.

Employee began missing days from work on 2/9/2016 from an accident occurring 12/11/2015. Employee was getting into a 988 loader when hand slipped from the loader handrail causing him to lose grip. Employee complains of pain in right shoulder and finger tips.

Employee was departing Front-End Loader on South side of Retsof Salt Storage Building. He felt dizzy when traveling down ladder of loader and fell approximately 6 feet. When striking the ground, employee fractured left arm.

Employee was walking over the miner cable and tripped falling into the coal rib hitting left shoulder and arm. After investigations of all avenues it was determined that injury was not preexisting.

While bolting in the 2E beltline and dragging Z-Drill employee felt pain in right shoulder resulting in possible rotator cuff injury. There were no compliance issues. It didn't involve job skills proficiency training or attitude PPE or protective devices no equipment involved. No other part 50 criteria applies.

While drilling shot holes in the mine floor from the right side operator station in the #4 entry on the #1 Section with the RRII Fletcher roof bolter a pop occurred on the left side in mine floor. The percussion from the pop knock the employee down.

While drilling shot holes in the mine floor in the #4 entry on the #1 Section with the RRII Fletcher roof bolter a pop occurred in the mine floor. The injured employee was struck with rock that had been blown out of the drill hole.

An employee was attempting to crossover a pressurized water hose, when the hose burst. The employee then slipped/tripped over a 2"" waterline on the ground. This resulted in a sprained/twisted ankle.

Shoveling and cleaning around the Crusher. Back Pain, Pulled groin Went to Rio Grand Hospital 310 County Road 14 Del Norte Co.

Employee was closing a gate valve, using a wrench, when the wrench slipped and the employee fell, landing on his shoulder. He was taken to the ER, diagnosed with an AC separation, and referred to an orthopedic specialist. CURRENTLY ONGOING.

IE was struck by a piece of 20ft. aluminum water pipe as it was being unloaded from a pipe sled. The pipe struck him on the side of his right foot causing a contusion.

Employee picked up oxygen cylinder straining his right side groin muscle.

Employee was climbing truck steps when his left foot slipped from the rung causing him to fall to the ground. Left knee sprain, back, right hip and shoulder pain.

EE was rock dusting belt line. Was walking backwards and tripped on a hump in the mine floor. Lost his footing and twisted his left knee. REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED ON 03/18/2016 DUE TO FACT HE HAS BEEN AT WORK UNRESTRICTED ON HIS NORMAL JOB UNTIL 3/14/2016. HE WAS EXAMINED BY A DOCTOR ON 3/15/2016 MEDICAL CARE WAS ADVISED FOR EE REQUIRING LOST WORK DAYS.

A contracted employee was climbing out of a semi-truck when he missed the last step falling to the ground. The contracted employee had his hands full and did not maintain three points of contact while de-boarding.

Employee was going into the right return. When he opened the man door he was blown thru the door causing an injury to his lower back and right leg. This wasn't a lost time until 1/07/2015.

Employee was tramming a shuttle car when the metal cover over the pump motor came in contact with a roof bolt causing the cover to become dislodged and striking the employee

Employee was in the process of cleaning off top of slurry tank, so a repair could be made to one of the screens. Employee fell through the screen.

Injured employee was attempting to install a new gear box on a scoop on the 11 Right section. While using a chain hoist to lift the new gear box in place the hook came loose and struck the employee at the right eye area of his face. Employee was wearing safety glasses at the time of the incident.

While participating in an evacuation drill, employee injured his left thigh while traveling through a regulator door. Witnesses state that he stepped through the door, and then sat down saying that his knee popped.

Employee was clearing rock off of miner and lost grip of the slate bar and as the slate bar fell, it hit his left thumb which resulted in a fracture.

Early morning hours, to past of speed for corner. Top heavy load on trailer. Trailer turned on side taking truck with it.

Employee was backing dozer up and ran over rock.

Pulling on a rock on the roller table at the breaker felt pop in right shoulder. Caused a pectoral strain.

Poor road conditions on mine site

Injured was tramming a scoop underground from surface. At break 38 a piece of rock fell from the top striking injured on left shoulder. X-rays revealed no broken bones or dislocations.

Employee was pulling up bolter cable slack and rehanging it, a scoop came through fly pad and caught cable and pulled it down on employee shoulder, hurting his back & groin (pulled muscle)

Foreign material entered eye - saw dust

Miner was turning water pressure back on at 2 block 2 east at the end of the belt spur (after installing booster pump). His hands slipped off handle and fell over backwards hitting the back of his head on the edge of a supply car causing a laceration that required staples. No problems with mining methods, ppe, training or compliance issues.

An employee was positioning cathodes when one slipped from his grip and struck the top of his right foot.

Employees were moving a feeder to the 004 section a piece of draw rock fell landing on ee left hand.

INJURED WAS PUTTING HYDRAULIC OIL IN ROOF BOLTER. WHEN THE OIL CAN WAS EMPTY HE PULLED THE FILL HOSE OUT OF CAN, GRABBED THE OIL CAN WITH HIS RIGHT HAND AND THREW IT TO THE RIB. A SHARP EDGE ON THE CAN CAUGHT HIS GLOVED FINGER AND SHAVED THE SKIN FROM IT. IT WAS THE MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND.

AT operator was standing in engine that was connected to empty rail cars. A KCS engine pushing empties coupled to the AT train causing a bump that knocked AT operator off balance.

Employee was scraping frost from windshield of company pickup and slipped in mud, twisting his left knee.

Employee was re-inserting the side rails into the slots on the bed of the truck when the rail slipped and lacerated and fractured his middle finger on the left hand during the fall.

Employee was sliding a roller frame along the handrail of floating conveyor when the roller frame began to slide toward water. Employee tried to keep the frame from falling and hit his leg, below the knee, on the mid-rail of the conveyor. Fractured left tibial plateau.

Employee was moving a lid, approximate size of 12"" by 18"", and felt a pop in shoulder. Injury did not become reportable until 5/03/2016 when employee had surgery to repair a SLAP tear in the shoulder joint.

While de-trashing 24W transfer area he picked up a bottom roller that was leaning against rib, the shaft caught on the rib, pulled out like a plunger and then smashed down pinching his right middle finger between shaft and roller shell. No problems with mining methods, training, PPE or compliance issues.

Employee was roofbolting. He was repositioning himself to put up more bolts when his knee popped and he could not move his knee.

Employee was hanging canvas on the rib when he felt a pop in his back.

Employee was walking to the long wall face on the head gate side when a rock fell between the roof bolts hitting the employee on the middle right side of back.

Employee was pulling a piece of ventilation brattice down an entry, as he was pulling the brattice, he slipped and fell. As he fell he put his arm out to catch himself, he felt a pop in his shoulder.

While transferring carbon, employee poked a hole in the bag to relieve a blockage. One drop of solution squirted out and hit him in the left eye. The solution contained caustic soda. We immediately got him to an eye doctor. He has had one follow-up appointment and reports that his eye is now back to normal.

EE was inventorying idlers and stepped over one. His foot slipped and he hyperextended his knee.

While grinding on steel (flat stock), the tool rest broke, causing his LT hand to contact the grinding wheel.

Employee was shoveling loose material on the 8 West #2 belt at #37 crosscut. As he raised the shovel up to dump the material, he felt a pain in his lower back.

The Fane truck driver was unloading a trailer full of clinker. As he was raising the 30' box it became unstable at half it's height position and tipped both box and truck onto the driver's side. NOTE: LEHIGH NORTHEAST CEMENT CO WAS NOT AWARE, UNTIL RECENTLY, THAT THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN INJURIES THAT WOULD HAVE MADE THIS MSHA REPORTABLE.

While welding, acetylene gas built up in the closed cabinet that housed the welding hose reel. The acetylene gas in the closed cabinet ignited and blew the door off the hinges, striking the employee in the left calf, causing a laceration. UPDATE 12/4 - Fractured bone in knees. Surgery on 12/4 to USC LA County hospital

While lifting/pulling a conveyor belt wiper, the employee's shoulder was dislocated. The employee underwent 2 medical procedures to have the shoulder put back in position.

Changing a broken strut on a Cat 775 haul truck, keeper bolts had sheared off and strut slid out striking employee on the right side and left leg.

Employee was at the bottom of slope uncoupling the supply cars from the slope car. When he pulled the lever to uncouple the cars he felt a sharp pain in his lower/mid back and he had numbness in his left leg.

Employee was climbing a ladder and slipped and fell. Area had fresh snow that morning. Employee cut forehead which needed stiches and small cut on back of head. Also right eye was swelled shut and black & blue.

The employee reported feeling pain in his left knee. The employee was given an MRI which revealed a torn meniscus and multiple degenerative conditions due to repeated trauma over many years of working in the mine. This is being reported as an occupational illness. The employee continued to work until his surgery on 12/23/2015.

Employee was removing rocks from a feeder using a specialty tool designed with a hook on the end to dislodge the rocks. While pulling up on a rock, the hook slipped from beneath the rock causing the tool to move upwards, pinching the employees left middle finger between the metal tool handle and the feeder chute.

Contractor was cutting down trees. The tree he was cutting down kicked back and hit his left leg. Broke the leg below the knees

lifting a 2 gallon container of coolant onto a dozer and felt a strain in right upper arm shoulder

Employee was operating a haul truck when it was struck by a loader bucket.

Employee was traveling #7 entry when the off side of his car dropped off in a hole throwing him into his canopy. Then the off side of the car hit the rib causing him to hit his left side on the control panel.

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OFF EXCAVATOR, RIGHT KNEE POPPED WHEN FOOT MADE GROUND CONTACT

Employee was walking when he felt a sharp pain in the back of his right ankle area. There was no slip or any incident that would contribute to the injury. After the results of an MRI it appears that the employee has a tear in his tendon. After our investigation that concluded on 12/07/2015 we are reporting this as a Reportable Injury.

On 12/1/15 an employee was walking across the yard to leave for the day and stepped on some loose material and twisted his knee. Based on the MRI results the employee was scheduled for a surgery on 2/9/16. At that time this injury became MSHA reportable.

A rock from the rib hit the pinner operator while rib bolting.

Employee and a coworker were installing a bottom belt roller. One end of the roller was put in the hanger. To install the other end, the coworker lifted up on the belt using channel locks while injured lifted the end of the roller into place. Some weight of the belt was still on the roller and he felt pain in his back as he lifted it.

Employee was moving a piece of guarding that was against the rib and a piece of rock approx. 2.5' long x 4"" thick, fell and struck him in the left thigh. *Employee started missing work due to injury on 1-13-2016.

EE was walking from the change room to the electric shop before shift start and slipped, straining his L knee. The injury was treated conservatively but required out-patient surgery on 2/5/16.

Slipped opening ranger door and sustained pressure and pain in left shoulder. Employee had an MRI on 1/5/16, reviewed by company physician, inconclusive. A 2nd opinion with an orthopedic surgeon, 2nd MRI was prescribed with contrast 1/19. Jan 20, company learned that the employee had suffered a dislocated shoulder resulting in a tear of the labrum that will require surgery.

EE was leaning over a rail by the 5900 ore pocket and was using a long hook to pull rock bolts off grizzly. While attempting to pull on a rock bolt the hook and bolt hung up causing EE to feel pain in his groin area. Later while operating a haul truck EE turned to see behind the truck and he felt pain in his back. EE was taken to a medical provider and was put on restricted duty.

A haul truck operator was being loaded when he felt pain in his neck after the first dipper load.

Employee alleges that while carrying, dragging, and rolling 20 inch accordion air ducts with two other employees that he felt a sharp burning pain in his lower right back. The employee never reported the incident to his supervisor or other employees. The employee reported the incident on January 17, 2016.

Employee over stepped the first step and fell down four steps.

Employee was attempting to unplug 4th stage when material flushed; hitting his chest, which knocked his face shield and hard hat off.

During a clinker breaker choke, employee climbed fixed ladder to check load on cooler. When EE stepped down, he stumbled & fell against railing, hyperextending his little finger. Was checked by physician-possibly flexor tendon rupture. Regular duty initially, expect restricted duty after surgery-2 days restricted prior to surgery, 8 days lost after surgery, RTW w/restrictions.

The contract employee was onsite to replace railroad ties. The employee's denim clothing was wet and plastered with mud which contained some lime. The employee developed a rash and was prescribed a pain killer, which he did not take. According to his employer, Railworks, his rash became infected and the Dr. recommended that he not return to work until it was fully healed.

While ripping in bulldozer, operator came off of bump/rock resulting in a jarred neck.

Employee was unloading a pneumatic trailer in a silo. While he was off loading the product, hose became plugged up. He released the tank pressure & began to remove the product hose. When he opened the cam locks the pressure blew the hose & employee back into his trailer causing a laceration to his face, a bruising to his left knee, arm and back.

During normal duties the miner was taking out the trash. He picked up a container of cigarette butts and waste material, when he felt a strain in his lower back.

A contract employee was assisting to help repair the track on a continuous miner. When he was swinging a 12 lb. sledge hammer the sledge hammer glanced off the pin hammer, pinching his left index finger between the sledge handle and a steel rub rail on the side of the continuous miner. The injuries incurred were a laceration and fracture of the left index finger.

Employee had pulled into the quarry and parked semi in yard to hook up flatbed trailer. Fell of top step of truck & landed on gravel lot. Broke left wrist, right thumb & needed stitches in forehead.

Washing the plant shack with a power washer. Stepped backwards and tripped on the hose. Fell on right shoulder. Original injury report was 12/17/2015. The employee was under evaluation until it was determined on 02/01/2016 that the right rotator cup was torn and needed surgery. Thus needed to be reported as an accident.

While working on the back of a stone splitter, employee put a stone back on to the table to be re-split. He had his hand in the wrong place and the middle finger was smashed between two rocks on the table.

Employee felt discomfort to his right hand as he ascended the boarding ladder to the #56 drill.

Employee was shoveling spilled material off of the cement pad at the P-13 Conveyor Belt. In the process of shoveling, his left knee began to hurt. He sought medical attention on 12/18/15. Diagnosis: leg sprain

Removing a pipe suspended with a come-a-long, lowering to a forklift. Employee was holding the pipe to steady it, the pipe shifted, hyper-extending his arm and tore his right bicep.

Injured individual along with another individual was changing impact roller. Each individual on side of belt prying up roller to flip and when roller flipped caught injured individual on middle index finger at tip on left hand smashing tip.

Employee started to step over stinger rod, slipped and caught himself before falling. This resulted in lower back pain. Employee initially received a full duty release. During a subsequent follow-up on January 8, 2016, the employee was given restricted duty release

Employee was taking off used dragline teeth and setting them in the dragline bucket and disrupted his right long head bicep tendon.

Employee felt pain in his left hip and groin area as he was trying to dislodge a rock that was stuck in a chute. The pain grew worse as the day progressed, becoming significant after a few hours.

Employee came to work on a Sunday morning to turn on water pump. As employee opened the quarry entrance gate, employee felt pain in lower back. Went to doctor on 1/4/16 and was diagnosed with degenerative disc herniation. EE returned to work on 1/5/16-no work limitations. As the back pain did not improve, employee had surgery on 5/25/16.

Yard hand and truck driver were securing load on flat bed truck. They were using chain and chain binders, when cheater pipe slipped off of lever chain binder. The cheater pipe hit yard hand in the left eyebrow.

The top of the scale was wet due to the rain. The step was hooked on to the scale. The step was about 12 inches narrower than the opening in the railing. The driver had parked where he had to maneuver around the door, the hook and the railing. There was no anti-slip surface on top of scale.

High winds, Blowing dust, Paved uneven surface with coating of clinker dust. Employee was walking to break and his foot slipped out from under him, causing him to wrench his back while falling.

Employee stepped on a piece of urethane and slipped and turned his ankle.

He was installing new hydraulic control levers on a loader and while reconnecting the electrical wiring had to push hard to connect wiring harness. He heard a pop in his left hand at the base of his index finger. His hand was swollen and hurting the next morning.

The EE was preparing a catwalk in order to begin fastening roof decking on a flat roof (total roof area 800 sq ft - 20ft x 40ft). It is unknown how or why the fall occurred, however, the EE was not wearing fall protection equipment as there was no means of tying off. He fell between two rafters that are 2' apart, through the insulation and drywall to the floor below (approx 9 ft).

An employee was changing a motor on Pump 140A, standing position, loosening the base bolts of the pump, after he finished, he turned away from the pump and felt a pop in his right knee. December 14th, the employee was still experiencing pain, at which time an MRI is prescribed, MRI on 15th and on 16th the MRI results indicate a partial tear of the MCL.

Employee states while throwing a garbage bag full of old boots and trash into the back of the pickup he felt pain and a burning sensation on the top of his right shoulder. He started physical therapy on 2/5/16. *Continued to work until surgery on 4/1/2016.

The injured miner reported pain to his right knee when the Auxiliary cage slowed rapidly.

Employee removed pin connecting conveyors, conveyor fell landing on employee's left foot breaking second metatarsal bone.

Suspected aggravated workplace injury following comment of back soreness at the end of shift employee went home, returned following morning and stated he was fine. Later in the day complained of pain again and was sent to doctor. Diagnosed with sciatica, employee commented it was that same type of pain as he had several years ago when he got a shot in his back.

Team member was walking and slipped on ice and hyper extended his left arm.

Employee was leaning over frame to fix an O-ring on bottom of hoist pump and had to stretch to reach the lower bolts. He heard a pop in lower rib, left side and felt a sharp pain.

On Saturday, 12/5/15, EE complained of pain to his right hand and swelling. He was unsure as to cause. The doctors found metal in his hand on 12/13/15 from where he had cleaned out hydraulic tank on 12/4/15, which caused infection and hospitalization, thereby making it a reportable accident. Until 12/13/15, the doctors thought it could be a spider bite or boil under the skin.

Employee stepped onto top of launder and felt pain in his calf muscle.

Employee picked up a rock from the back sorting table, felt a pull in lower back

Employee was changing gates on the dry screen when he suffered an umbilical hernia.

Employee was clearing a collector box when he got cement powder in his eyes. Employee was wearing PPE The fine dust became airborne and got underneath his safety glasses.

While stepping off of a ladder the employees knee gave out and she fell from the second rung. Her knee gave out due to a previous injury that was not work related. She received minor restrictions.

Employee stepped on a snow covered rock spraining his ankle

While tramming the drill, the door slammed on the driller's finger causing a fracture.

Employee tripped on a piece of metal pipe that was lying on the ground. Employee tried to catch himself and jammed wrist.

Employee slipped and fell while trying to enter a dozer. Employee fell 2.5 feet and landed on his right shoulder. The employee felt fine after the incident. He continued to work for eight days without any issues. On 1/12/2016 employee went to his doctor because of dizziness and a headache. The doctor diagnosed the employee with a slight concussion that was caused by the fall.

Employee was installing a pipe reducer and felt a pop in his left index finger.

Ee was walking to his piece of equipment, slipped on some ice, and fell, landing on his right knee. He was seen at the clinic and diagnosed with a strain to the knee. He was given a brace to wear on the knee and released to restricted duty.

EE was walking on a concrete paved area, when the EE slipped on a small, thin patch of wet raw mix. His left foot came to a stop on dry concrete causing his left knee to overextend. EE reported as a precaution. EE reported discomfort recurred and worsened after a couple of months. EE went to the doctor for evaluation, and returned to work the same day on modified duty.

Employee was removing drain plug on oil pan on tractor. Felt shoulder pop when he pulled on wrench.

Employee was transferring equipment (pin flags) from the WCRM Conex container to a WCRM company vehicle. While walking on ice the employee slipped and fell backwards.

EE lost footing while exiting loader and fell on the ground, feeling pain in low back. EE placed on restricted duty. Follow up appointment following week placed EE back to full duty.

Miner was shoveling a deck hit when the shovel hit an uneven surface causing his right arm to be pushed back. Miner has right forearm and elbow strain.

Injured employee was mounting dozer and strained right shoulder. Employee was prescribed modified duty.

EE was welding a plate from the underside of a bucket and when he began to pry the plate off, it broke free, hit the ground and flipped onto the ee's R foot. He was evaluated and given restrictions to return to work. He returned to full duty on 12-31-15.

Employee stepped on a rock after descending the stairway of his haul truck.

Employee was backing up a trailer during a time of snowfall, and, because of ground conditions caused by the weather, the trailer became stuck. When the employee exited his truck to assist in freeing it, he slipped and fell as he was walking, and landed on his upper back / ribcage area. The fall resulted in a strained back muscle.

While performing pre-op inspection of RTD slipped on packed snow at ready line

At approximately 9:30 AM employee started the pump up and the hose was kinked, while he was getting the kinks out of the hose it fell out of the truck. Employee walked down the ramp to the pump to shut it off, he was in hurry to shut the pump off. He tripped over a small rock and landed on his left knee.

Alleged. Employee states feeling pain in knee while standing at toolbox, pain caused him to stumble. Employee states no specific event and is not sure if this is work related or not. X-rays were performed with no apparent finding. Employee was provided restrictions and restrictions accommodated. EE to full duty on 12-31-15.

ee was repacking a pump, the packing gland was stuck under the shaft he applied pressure to pull it out and felt right wrist pop and pain to right wrist

Employee was working at the Box Cut area around the Dawes drift mouth. The employee was attempting to move a 6 foot timber out of the walkway and was going to throw it into a crosscut. In the process of picking up the timber and throwing it, the employee twisted his back and felt pain in it.

Employee was using a ladder to assist an employee to adjust a seal. Employee climbed ladder and as he reached to tie off the fall protection lanyard, the ladder moved causing him to slide. The employee fell to the ground bruising the lower back.

Employee was performing clean-up duties using a Belt Tractor. The employee was in the process of backing up when his left foot was caught between the tractor and rock ledge. The employee's foot was outside of vehicle at this time. Emp. taken to ER sutures and pain med given. Small fx to small toe left foot.Restrictions given.

Employee bent over the wire basket to pick up a piece of veneer and when he did, he had a pain go through his lower back.

An employee was getting out of a pickup truck and when he stepped out of the truck his foot slipped and he twisted his knee.

Individual was getting off of a conveyor that was touching the ground, and missed the last step. He fell about 1.5 feet. On 12-28-15 he found out that he had a compressed disc in his back. On 1-4-16 he received a vertebroplasty shot to relieve the compressed disc.

Employee was working in the VRM on 12/21/15. While walking underneath scaffolding he struck his hard hat on a support and felt his neck jam from the impact. Thought pain would go away and didn't report. Neck pain became worse and started having pain radiating to shoulder. Reported to supervisor on 1/14/16 and was sent to doctor. Follow up visit on 1/25/16 and given modified duty.

While collecting QC samples, miner tripped on a nut/bolt protruding on walking surface. Miner fell (same level) forward and tried to catch himself with right arm, injuring right shoulder.

Employee helping to replace split riding ring on Kiln, employee was rolling the kiln drum manually with the drive belts, once it passed the ridge where the new section was added it rolled without effort surprisingly catching the employees glove pulling his hand into and thru the sheave.

On 12/18/2015 an associate stepped out of the Loader he slipped on uneven ground and grabbed the handle to stop from falling. We took him to the clinic where he was released without restrictions to come back to work. On 1/4/2016 an MRI was performed resulting in a torn bicep muscle. He was released without restrictions but we have restricted his tasks.

The injured was operating a miner when a rock fell off the rear curtain side of the miner striking the injured left leg. The injured continued to work until 1/4/2016 when he went to the doctor and it was discovered he had a fractured fibula in his left leg.

Worker had his right thumb smashed after unbolting a vertical pipe, approximately 6"" in diameter by 4' in length. The employee was holding the pipe while another unbolted it. He lost control of the pipe after the last nut was unbolted and his thumb was caught between the pipe and the railing on the catwalk.

While hooking up caps in the mine, a rock fell from the ceiling, hitting hard hat of employee, knocking it off, the rock edge then caused a laceration on the back of his head, requiring stitches. Also causing a neck strain, joint pain in the right shoulder and pain to the right mandible.

Operator got dozer stuck and walked down a slope to see how to get the machine unstuck. Stepped on a rock and turned ankle. Resulted in an ankle sprain.

Employee cut his left hand above base of thumb while trying to remove a splice jacket on a cable.

Sweeping floor when employee felt a sharp burning pain in right groin area. NOTE: Due to annual company shutdown which stats 12/24/15 to 1/3/16 - work resulted 1/4/16, Jan 4th 2016 became the 8th day for reporting this injury which includes the date of injury.

A laborer sustained a laceration to his left knee and a sprain of the right ankle while stepping onto a platform. The injured miner was descending stairs then as he stepped onto the platform he stepped on a rock causing him to fall resulting in his injuries.

Jerked coal mill inspection door and caught his finger between door and hand rail

Trying to put drive belts on conveyor #5. The conveyor belt rolled backwards and the wrench mashed my finger against the guard.

Walking down stairs in FM-5 from second step to ground floor. Twisted right ankle, felt a crunching.

Tilden Plant Repairman was torqueing bolts on #2 Dryer with a high torque hydraulic wrench. Employee placed hand on wrench and asked partner to apply hydraulic pressure. At this time his finger became caught in between the wrench and bull gear flange, resulting in 13 stitches. Employee is off work on administrative leave post drug and alcohol testing.

Employee was climbing down Ducon tank ladder, a short 3 rung stationary ladder. Took left leg off to place it on next rung and right foot slipped off. Left leg went down and landed akwardly on catwalk and right ankle got caught inbetween ladder and frame work. Resulted in strained left knee and sprained right ankle.

Employee hit with slurry when basket seal blew, IE fell landing on left shoulder

The injured employee was re-stacking a pallet of fiber drums so he could load them on a sea container for shipment. As he was lifting on one of the drums he felt something pop in his right elbow. Employee requested to see the Dr. on 12/16/15.

Miner was installing a new roller finger was pinched between roller frame and conveyor frame. Miner received closed displaced fracture of left little finger.

While placing a bolt in the hole miner stumbled and wrist contacted a bolt plate resulting in a laceration.

While conduction preventive maintenance, associate was removing transmission filter from a John Deere 400D artic truck. The wrench he was using slipped and associate struck right elbow against bottom side of engine.

Employee was hanging a continuous miner cable and felt pain in his lower back.

While straightening a roof bolt the roof bolt spun cause a pain in the left wrist of the employee

Employee received 1st Degree burns on his Penis while air arcing on an excavator bucket. Initially the employee did not require medical treatment. Due to the location of the burn, medical treatment became necessary as the wound scabbed over near the urethra. Employee received medical treatment on 12/21/15.

Employee was working onsite on the drill pad and turned to the right stepped on the edge of a rock and twisted knee.

While using a pipe wrench an employee slipped and fell into the end of the wrench injuring his rib. Initially when seen at the clinic he required no medical treatment and was released to go back to work with no restriction. Two days later he returned to the clinic and was given restrictions.

Pulling pipe in leaching area, caused strain in lower back.

Employee was using a hand grinder to cut off the inner race of a bearing that had seized on a fan shaft. The grinder kicked back and cut the left hand that was resting on the fan shaft. The employee's hand was cut just below the thumb knuckle, cutting one tendon and nicking another tendon.

Maintenance man injured right thumb attaching trailer for welder to hitch of pickup truck. Miner taken to ER for initial treatment and returned to work Dec. 11. On Dec. 14, for first available evaluation, orthopedist issued restrictions and confirmed distal tip fracture. Restrictions are being accommodated, no lost time expected, and full recovery expected in 8-weeks.

Injured employee (IE) was trouble-shooting controls for an overhead hoist from a coal mill walkway. IE left the area and fell/stumbled forward while transitioning from one walkway to another. IE's right ear struck the mid-rail of an adjacent guardrail resulting in a 1cm laceration requiring two sutures. This is the first time the IE worked in the area.

The employee was riding in the personnel elevator attached to the 3rd bank silo. The employee complained of lower back pain from the elevator coming to an abrupt stop. The employee did not seek medical attention until 12/14/2015; when he was issued a work restriction (light duty work only).

Driving was dismounting haul truck and the ladder began to wobble causing his knee to buckle. Grabbing the handrail to prevent falling he strained his lft shoulder

Employee was working indoors on a NTV Corner Machine cutting stone. Employee loaded stone and had his hands place incorrectly and ended up lacerating is right index finger. Employee ended up getting sutures.

While installing a cross member on a 769C end dump truck, the cross member shifted and smashed the end of the injured's finger requiring stitches.

EE was performing a walk through of K-1 Pre-Heat Tower, he was crawling through the chute when his foot slipped and as he braced himself he strained his right shoulder. EE reported incident immediately but chose to wait for treatment assuming his condition would improve. After not improving, EE was seen by a physician on 2/25/2016 and placed on restricted duty.

Injured worker was lifting a metal 5 Gal. bucket of stone onto a pick up truck. The injured worker stated he felt uncomfortable pain in his abdomen while doing this. Later in the day,the Emp had increased unbearable pain.The EE was transported by ambulance to hospital where he was treated for hernia. The EE was released to modified duty work with a restriction of no heavy lifting.

Employee left foot slipped on ice subsequently twisting left knee.

Employee was team lifting a stone with another employee. As they were placing it on a pallet the employee was unable to remove his finger quick enough and the tip of his right index finger was pinched under the stone. Right index finger fracture and laceration.

Employee did not report the incident to his supervisor until 12/16/15 which was diagnosed by a doctor to be tendonitis. Employee incident report stated that he was dismantling the suspension on a 1 ton service truck on 12/8/15. When he awoke on 12/9/15 he was experiencing pain in his left wrist. He worked for one week without telling anyone.

EE was attempting to empty the remaining material from ULSB #1 using a bin stub and ram. The bin ram slipped off the stub causing his left hand to be caught between the stub and ram. EE sustained a deep tissue contusion. Placed on RD.

Employee caught his foot on a track shoe grouser & fell to the ground while dismounting D6T dozer. Accident was not witnessed and not reported to mine management until 12/15/15. Subsequent MRI performed on 12/24/15 confirms lower back/disc injury consistent with job related duties.

While operating a jack leg drill the miner pulled the 6 foot steel from the hole and as the machine pivoted down it caught his gloved hand between the drill and the leg of the machine. This caused a fracture to the tip of his left ring finger and a laceration that required 2 stitches.

EE set up a ladder on uneven ground. He took his first step & ladder tipped over. He fell on a flight of stairs causing a sprain of ligaments, contusion & multiple fractures of ribs along right side of back.

An employee was installing socks into a dust collector. He was inside the dust collector with his head sticking out of the door opening. Wind blew the door over and the door struck him on top of the hard hat, causing a pain in his back. The employee went to the doctor where he received a prescription as treatment.

The employee along with two other MZP employees were installing two U-shape (half) rings around a 4 foot diameter X 15 foot long duct pipe. After tack welding the first half of the ring, the second half was being fitted around the pipe when employee pinched the tip of the middle finger between the pipe and the second half of the ring. The employee was transported to the hospital.

Employee was holding a bucket in place on the Limestone bucket elevator when a rock fell from one of the buckets above and hit him in the arm.

Employee cut his left hand while handling a 15 gallon grease barrel. He was assisting another employee put in the barrel on the lube truck when his hand contacted one of the opening tabs on the lid. The cut required sutures to close.

The Quarry operator was assigned to help the screening plant operator to clean up spillage in and around the screening plant. He was shoveling dirt into the bucket of the front end loader then he experienced pain in his lower back.

While driving a golf cart in the direction of the sun, he was blinded by the sun. He drove into a concrete column on the roadway.

Worker was walking and stepped off curb, hyperextending his left knee. Felt fine the day after but knee pain came back in end of January. Was given rest restriction to heal.

EE was stacking 50# bags and felt a ""pull"" in his stomach. over the weekend he developed some discomfort in his groin area.The incident was not reported until mid morning of 12/07/2015. The doc reported it as a muscle sprain and put him on light duty for 4 days.

Employee was holding up a flange and fitting a pipe through the flange. The flange slipped and fell smashing fingers on the employee's left hand

While repositioning the continuous miner, employee was struck by a piece of rock that fell out between the roof bolts.

Driver inadvertently pressurized a hose he was disconnecting by bumping open the 1/2"" air supply ball valve. He was sprayed with sulfuric acid from the hose upon disconnecting the air line. A palm sized area on his thigh was burned when the acid passed through an opening in his protective suit.

Lifting a light fixture from shoulder height to ground felt a pop in lower back. Fixture weighed 30 - 40 pounds.

Pushing down on an oil drain, felt burning and tearing feeling in groin area.

MS FOREMAN AND MS JOURNEYMAN WERE REPLACING PIPING `T's ON THE SIZER IN THE WASH PLANT. THEY SUCCESSFULLY DISASSEMBLED (2) PIPE `T'S. WHILE DISASSEMBLING THE 3RD `T', A COMPRESSION PIPE CONNECTION FAILED. THIS CAUSED THE PIPE AND `T' TO FALL APPROXIMATELY (30'), STRIKING THE JOURNEYMAN ON TOP OF THE LEFT FOOT ABOVE THE STEEL TOE.

Lifting sheet of copper out of the cell line. The edge of the sheet caught employees glove and jerked his left arm forward and down.

Approx 12/31/15 EE was assisting working on material washer, he slipped and fell against the guardrail. This incident was not reported to anyone; he went to his family Dr. On 1/11/16 he went to get on track hoe when he experienced pain on his right side. On 1/13/16 he returned to family doctor and then reported it to HR dept. The safety coordinator was not informed until 1/19/16.

EE was chipping slag and stated he got debris in his left eye. Eye was flushed at the sight and was then evaluated at the hospital. He was given prescription eye medication and returned to work.

He said that he was shoveling dirt off of the floor and something got into his eye. He thinks it was something from the other guys that were working behind him at the time.

Conditions were clear & cold w/below freezing temps @27 degrees. Subject reached overhead to pull slack out of come-a-long and his footing slipped and fell backwards with hard hat falling off. As come-a-long came unattached hitting subject in head.

Employee fell onto his left wrist getting out of a pickup truck. Employee did not seek medical treatment until 01/22/2016 where he was put in a wrist brace and given a full duty work release.

SPLITTING A ROCK SLAB, ROCK BROKE AND CAUGHT RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

It was stated that the accident happened on 12/29/2015 but not reported until 1/8/2016. Was hooking water hose to fill up the water truck and tripped over wooden blocks and lost his balance. Says he aggravated his left shoulder.

Was working overhead with a grinder & welder. Debris from grinding on forehead and when individual stood up, it worked it's way into subject's eyes behind his safety glasses.

EE was reaching to grab a rain jacket in the bed of his pickup. He felt a sharp pain when he grabbed it and pulled his hand back, and his finger started to swell. EE went to the Doctor and they said he was stung by some sort of insect.

Employee was holding a hammer on the bottom side of a belt splice trying to crimp a splice pin in while another employee was hitting the top side of the belt splice with a hammer, the hammer slide off and struck employee on the left ring finger cause a fracture.

Employee was completing normal work tasks on 12/28/15, at which point he slipped on a patch of ice and fell down. He informed me of the incident, but felt that any stiffness would go away in a few days. On 1/7/16 the employee informed me that his condition did not get better, and he was going to go the chiropractor on 1/8/16.

Employee was swinging a sledge hammer to free a steel component. As the hammer made the upswing it hit a piece of steel causing the hammer to deflect as it traveled back to the ground. The employee was struck by the handle of the sledge hammer in his shin. The result was a bruise that became infected over the weekend.

Maintenance employee utilized a pocket knife to cut open a package. The employee was cutting toward himself when the knife slipped cutting his left thumb. The employee was taken to the local emergency room. The cut that measured approximately 3/4"" long required 8 sutures to close.

Employee was seated in his truck at the mine site. He was using a pocket knife to remove a new flashlight from it's package. He was cutting the package on his right thigh when the knife cut through the package and penetrated his skin.

Employee was using an air lance to blow material off of the Kiln Deck. Wind blew the material back into his face. Material got behind his safety glasses and into his eyes. Diagnosis: Corneal abrasion/foreign body.

The employee was in process of replacing a hydraulic cylinder on crusher and the cylinder slid down and caught his pinky finger. The employee received two stiches and some glue.

Employee slipped in the shower & sliced his right middle finger on a metal soap dish.

EE was walking out of the maintenance shop in the dark & fell on a patch of ice covered from overnight snow. EE landed on EE's left side & arm. EE declined medical attention at the time. EE had a doctor's appointment for a physical on 12/29/2015. During the physical an x-ray found one of EE's ribs was fractured, thus the reason this report wasn't filed at the time of the incident.

While working on the crusher EE fell and struck the side of the crusher. He was wearing a self-retracting fall protection harness but he swung into the side of the crusher resulting in injuries to his face and left arm. He received stitches for his injuries.

EE was changing oil in a Komatsu front end loader. Upon finishing, EE was closing a lid which struck him on the right middle finger, causing a laceration on that finger.

Miner was clearing material from a screen deck using a steel rod. He pulled the rod back towards himself and hit himself in the face cracking his front tooth. Tooth did not chip.

Brushing metal grindings & shavings off work bench and a piece of metal flicked and got in his right eye.

Worker hit right elbow on frame of forklift while getting off machine. Safety notified on 12-24-15 that swelling on elbow wasn't going away. Sent to doctor on 12-29-15 and had fluid remove and steroid injection of the bursitis on elbow.

EE was closing a water valve and the wrench slipped off the valve causing him to rest all his weight on his right rib cage resulting in a rib contusion. He was sent for x-rays Negative. Doctor ordered two days of restricted duty. EE was previously scheduled to be on PTO the end of this shift for the rest of the week. No missed scheduled days or restricted days worked.

Employee was using 385 excavator to pull down material from a 50 ft bench. A single 5-6 tn boulder which had been contained within the face of the material above, toppled off the top while the operator was swinging the excavator. The rock struck the tracks first, then upward into the front end of the cab. Case just became reportable when employee needed to seek physical therapy.

Will pulling out a 30ft tape measure from tool box, the tip caught on tool box edge and when the tape exteneded out the miners right index finger rubbed against the side of tape cutting his finger.

Ee was using a buffer on the inside of a tire and it came loose. Ee grabbed buffer and pulled back, cutting the right upper knee. Ee was seen at the ER and the laceration was closed with stitches. Ee released to full duty.

Employee was using a standard utility knife to cut a rubber belt side guard out of a sand chute for replacement. Employee was pulling the knife through the material towards his body. Knife slipped or cut through the rubber and stabbed their right leg.

Employee was putting brick conveyor together when one section shifted pinching his finger between the two sections. Employee was wearing protective gloves.

Employee fell and received medical treatment. Employee slipped while descending a ladder. Employee's shoulder struck the ground. Treated for pain and contusion.

IW was welding on a piece of equipment and as IW changed positions the welding torch flame went across his wrist between the glove and his shirt.

Personnel was loading scrape metal onto a flatbed trailer his glove caught a piece of slag and caused the metal to pinch his finger between the metal and the wooden side boards of the trailer.

Employee was hand spreading potassium permanganate onto pond for treatment when he slipped and fell on rocks getting some of this potassium permanganate into his eyes. EE seeked medical attention and received eye drops. PPE was not a factor, Compliance with rules/regulations was not a factor, Mining equipment/mining systems was not a factor, Miner proficiency was a factor.

Threads in water manifold were worn and let PPE nipple come out of manifold and sprayed water in employee's eye and face. Employee seen doctor and was discharged. Said eye was irritated.

Employee initially had a first aid injury in Dec. 2015. On Feb 15, 2016 his injury became recordable due to surgery on his shoulder for a slip and fall on ice from his Dec 2015 injury.

Mechanic was removing tape off of a diesel fuel high pressure hose when the pressure fuel punctured his finger causing possible fuel injected into this finger.

Lining up track shoe to put track back together on a drill - the track pad slipped and mashed left index finger causing a laceration.

Employee states while riding in a 4 person ATV, Kubota UTV, the driver attempted to turn around. The ATV slid on ice and rolled onto its side causing the employee to strike his head.

Laborer assisting mechanic removing a heavy pin (4-3/8 inch dia. by approx. 12 inches long) from the mast joint socket. While removing pin, it had shifted and caught the right hand between the middle and ring finger in a pinch point against the fender of the loader causing a laceration requiring 5 stitches to the hand. Return to work same day no limitations.

EE's were adding a 90 degree steel elbow to an existing poly elbow. EE#2 operated the crane pulling the elbow towards the other elbow. EE#1 positioned his hands on the elbow flange pushing down to guide the elbow to connection. The choker chain slipped from the original location catching his left thumb between the choker and the metal flange.

Cement mixing environment, which has dust and airborne particles present. Rusted iron piping overhead, with active pigeons using the piping as a perch, stir.

EE was using a grinder to cut out an unused metal chute in the tipple. The grinder got caught & kicked back striking EE in the right leg above the knee cap. Seven (7) stitches were needed to close the wound.

Employee was installing a bearing on the left front strut on end-dump. Employee was hammering a bearing in place with a 10 pound hammer while holding it with his left hand. Employee's hammer become entangled with some hoses and missed the bearing and struck his hand with the hammer.

Employee was installing a belly pan with an impact wrench. The socket came loose and struck the employee in the mouth resulting in a cracked tooth.

Metal sliver embedded in upper lip removed surgically requiring two sutures and a band-aid.

Employee were removing tire ring from haul truck wheel. When the wheel was placed in the upright position the ring shifted. The employee reached to stop the ring from shifting, the tip of his finger was pinched between ring and wheel.

Descending a ladder the employee missed the second to last rung slipped and jarred his back. The employee reported the incident then. On 2/1/16 he reported to his supervisor that his back was giving him problems. He was taken to the emergency room on 2/2/16 for evaluation. He then followed up with his own physician which prescribed an anti-inflammatory prescription on 2/3/16.

Miner was working on the wheel inside the track of a track hoe. He was trying to take the metal wheel off, and it fell on his left foot.

Welding and cutting on bracing in the Dry Building and something went into his eye. Had to go to a clinic off site, they removed the particle and gave him something to put into his eye.

Employee was replacing the cotter pin in the master link of the leveling chain on a Fletcher RRII roof bolter, and the drilling pot rolled back and pinched his right ring finger between the sprocket and leveling chain.

Mechanic was removing a lower leaf spring bushing and was using a cutting torch to heat and melt the inner rubber to simplify the removal of a metal the metal pin. As mechanic applied heat to the bushing melted rubber spat put of the metal sleeve onto the inner side of his right elbow and forearm.

Employee was holding a 20lb sledge hammer against the connecting link of a flight on the conveyor chain (14-15 miner) Co-Worker was striking the ring with a 4lb hammer onto the connecting link when he missed and struck injured on the right ring finger.

While using a hand help grinder to prep a hitch pin for welding the cut-off wheel broke then caught causing the tool to kick suddenly striking the employee lacerating his forearm. Stiches were required to close the wound.

During the process of splicing a steel cable belt on an overland conveyor the contractor employee sustained a laceration to his right knee requiring 5 stitches while using a knife to put a bevel edge on a section of 48"" steel cable belt which being spliced into the conveyor

They were cleaning mud off of the feeder. Co-worker had his back to employee and accidentally hit him on his right hand with a pick ax; causing a cut to his hand.

Workers attempting to remove bearing. Came off pinching one workers left pinky finger between bearing and frame of chain feeder.

Climbing off left tandem on 16M, foot slipped on catwalk, hand slipped and catwalk cut glove and right ring finger requiring stitches.

While climbing the ladder of a haul truck to check the odometer, the employee's foot slipped off of the fourth rung, causing her to hit the left side of her rib cage against the ladder causing a fracture to one of her ribs.

During a maintenance shut down, employee was stepping onto a belt in order to access the dust mitigation system. As he stepped onto the working surface he did not notice that it was slippery. He slipped and fell to a sitting position and contacted a 12"" vertical metal ""skirt board"" with his back and left side. Upon Dr. exam and x-ray, was found to have one fractured rib.

While putting a roller in that was overhead he hurt his right shoulder putting roller back at tunnel ridge.

Employee states that she was shoved very hard by a fellow employee with the fellow employee's shoulder.

Was closing the property gate at the entrance and the gate swung striking the employee in the face.

Employee felt something enter eye while working on 12/10/2015. Employee immediately flushed eye and felt no discomfort and did not report incident. Employee began feeling discomfort on the evening of 12/12/2015 again and reported to medic where he was found to have a mild abrasion and given eye drops.

Employee was adjusting the drive belts on unit 98-A pump. He was using a pipe wrench to tighten the motor adjustment bolt on the drive side. The pipe wrench slipped catching fingers between the wrench and drive belt guard causing a hairline fracture to the left middle finger.

Steel slipped out of his hand striking his finger. Damage being, individual had to wear a splint on his finger.

Employee was loading his pin tray. As he pulled some roof bolts off of the bolter he hit his right elbow on a roof bolt that was installed to the top. Causing a laceration to his right elbow.

Employee was working on heater in the cab of the mechanics truck when the fan turned on striking him on the leg causing a laceration.

Right hand caught between end of pipe wrench and helpers stand. Resulted in broken index finger & laceration of index, middle and ring fingers - 9 stitches total.

Employee leaned over ticket printer, located on platform, and fell to the ground. Employee had a partially collapsed lung, 5 broken ribs, cracked vertebrae.

100 lb. barite sack rolled onto shoulder of injured temporary staffing employee. Diagnosis of other sprain of left shoulder joint - minor and Pain in left shoulder - minor. Doctor released with no restrictions on 12/11/15. Sore shoulder prompts doctor's visit on 12/17/15 resulting in ""Medium Work"" restriction and left shoulder/scapular contusion diagnosis.

Stated he was not sure what he did. States he did pick up a piece of metal that he realized he couldn't pick up by himself. He got another employee to help him & had no problem until an hour later when he started to hurt. X-rays negative. Diagnosed as an illness - tenosynovitis.

Operator was done for the day. Parked loader and shut it down. While climbing down from loader, he accidentally missed a step. He tried to catch himself and fell on his hand. Went to the Clinic - Diagnosis says a Left radius fracture - Soft cast applied and referred to orthopedic for review. Able to work with limitations

Employee was placing a tow hook onto the back of a service truck when the tip of his left ring finger was pinched between the bed rail and the tow hook resulting in a laceration and fracture.

Employee was riding on top the #31 mantrip coming off of the 9L section at the end of the shift. The trolley pole came off of the wire, struck the mine roof, then broke into. One of the jagged edges of the broken pole struck the employee on the right hand between the middle and ring fingers causing a laceration that required 5 stitches.

EE was troubleshooting an FK Pump when the actuating counterweigh took an unexpected upward thrust and then downward catching EE right hand middle finger between the counterweight and the discharge pipe flange

Team member preparing to repair a leak in cement chute when clinker dust was knocked free from duct work and fell in left eye of team member.

Employee was throwing block into scoop bucket. At the same time, another employee was throwing a block into the scoop bucket and hit the injured employee with a block on right hand.

EE was replacing a wiper on the screening plant and his knife slipped and cut his right pinkie finger.

employee was welding on his knees, felt stinging on his knees and discovered that he was kneeling in caustic residue, minimal burn to left knee, 2nd degree burn to right knee

Employee operating grader in spoil area and blade hit a hidden bolder throwing the employee forward. Employee's mouth struck the steering wheel knob and chipped a tooth.

Miner was ripping the pit bench on a Dozer with the blade in the raised position, when he came to end of the bench he continued off the steep slope and the abrubt force threw the Miner into the friction stearing levers making contact with his head/face causing minor contusions and bruises.

Employee was pounding on a ripper tooth with a hammer trying to dislodge it from the ripper on a D11 dozer when a small piece of metal broke off the tooth and hit the employee in the lower leg. Mechanic was driven to the emergency room where it was determined to leave the metal in the leg and apply 2 stitches. The mechanic returned to full duty the next day.

EE stepped on cross beam to gain advantage to see over conveyor belt; foot slipped and he jerked his arm exasperating a preexisting non-work related shoulder injury he was being seen for.

EE knocked a drain valve off piping at 2 SOF pump, liquor contacted lower leg area.

He was running a roof bolter. As he put his steel to top. A small piece of draw rock from the steel hit him on forehead causing a laceration that required 7 stitches.

Employee reported injury on 2/5/16. Employee states on 12/8/15 she felt a pop on her right knee when closing the door to the scale house.

While pulling sample, the sample catcher was bound up and employee pulled back. Incident was reported to supervisor at end of shift, but no further evaluation was requested or mentioned until the employee went to ER on days off. He had reported to work the following day on 12-9-15.

Employee exited the loader without placing hard hat on his head and was removing a stuck rock from the feed conveyor when rock fell and hit employee in the head. A hard hat was provided to the employee and he had it in the loader that he just exited out of to remove the rock.

Operator was lowering ""Y"" pipe with a come-a-long. Chain of come-a-long encountered safety latch, releasing pipe. Pipe fell 1 foot coming in contact with other pipe. Operator's leg was pinched in between the two pipes.

An employee tossed a bolt to a coworker, the bolt struck the coworker in the head causing two lacerations that required stitches.

Miner was blowing out off a drill, with compressed air, and got a piece of debris in his right eye

The roof bolter operator was removing his drill wrench from the chuck when he inadvertently got his hand too close to the auger clamp. As he pulled the lever it caught his right finger between the auger clamp.

Employee removed a chain-linked fence and during clean up of work area the top strand of wire from the fence sprung up and struck employee in the tooth. This caused a fracture in the bottom third of their tooth.

Reportable only due to sutures. Employee was helping remove a cross under from the North main #1 belt when the chain holding the cross under can loose hitting employee on the side of the right eye.

Employee was opening a set of Kennedy doors to allow a trip to go through. He closed one side of the doors and while he had his back to the other door it swung closed and caused him to hit his head on the first door resulting in him having to have stitches in his fore head.

While employee was hanging a shuttle car cable, he missed the hanger causing he cable to pull his arms forward straining his right shoulder. He continued working but began missing work on 1/18/2016 when he had surgery to repair a tear in the shoulder.

Employee attempted to flip a steel fender into a loader bucket. After letting go, the steel fender fell backwards hitting employee in the right knee area causing a laceration. Employee was transported to local hospital, diagnosed with laceration, and received 15 stitches.

Replacing belt on equipment, wind blew dust in eyes.

EE had finished shift start brief and had exited the breakroom door to travel to his work area. He looked up to check the height of a material pile and next thing he remembers is he is holding his neck leaning against handrail. Sutures to neck 15 sutures

blowing out material with air wand

EE in an attempt to remove broken bolts from a dozer track pad, lacerated the heel of his gloved left hand. EE had positioned his left hand along the outer edge of the pad, then manhandled the freed pad towards him, when it slid into the adjacent pad pinching his hand. The EE was taken to the Kayenta Health Clinic where the laceration was sutured.

While trying to loosen a nut on a steering wheel of a 793 haul truck, the employee was pulling the wrench towards himself the wrench slipped and struck the employee in the mouth causing a chipped tooth.

While cutting a bit lug off on the head of the miner a piece of loose material fell out and struck the mechanic in the back. The mechanic then fell forward and struck the head of the miner. ( Received stitches )

Spray Tower tipping valve opened and dumped into bucket. Dust was in the air and floating as employee entered the area.

EE was transferring inventory to shelf and strained lower back

Employee was dropping his miner cable, when he raised up tie wire went between his glasses and scratched his eye.

A piece of metal was being thrown into a scrap metal bin and was deflected causing it to hit the employee in the mouth, damaging a tooth.

The employee was cutting a piece of belt with a utility knife. The knife slipped and cut through the employee's glove, causing a laceration to his left thumb. Sutures were required to close the wound.

EE working on a shuttle car driveline when some material fell into L eye. No discomfort observed until after shift. Reported to supervisor on 12/7. Medical treated with prescription antibiotic eye-drops. RTW.

Employee was driving a steel hinge pin in, while installing a kiln door. Hit his thumb with a small sledge hammer.

Unwiring an electric motor and utility knife slipped when cutting tape and sliced through coveralls, jeans, and long johns to make lacerate inside of left thigh. A few stitches and no lost time.

While two mechanics were installing a 4"" Victaulic clamp onto a 4"" elbow, the mechanic at the bottom of the ladder was hit by the falling clamp when it slip out of the hand of the mechanic on the ladder. The clamp bounced off the ladder and hit the mechanic in the mouth. He was taking to the hospital for stitches.

EE was assisting a crew of maintenance mechanics replacing a link in an elevator chain using a pin driver to drive out a broken pin. While striking the pin driver a sliver of metal became airborne and struck EE on his right cheek causing a cut.

Employee parked the haul truck he was operating for a restroom break. While in restroom, he was playing with his personal pocket knife when it slipped out of his hand and cut his upper thigh. The cut was 1"" long and required medical attention. We bandaged him up and drove him to El Camino Urgent Care where he received a couple stitches. He was released an hour later.

Operator was pushing coal with dozer when a rock came out of the silo stacker tube and went through the side glass.

Sunday 12-6-2015 employee had notified his foreman that he bumped his knee on something and it was a little swollen.

Employee A and B were working on water line tank. Employee B stopped swinging the hammer to let Employee A use the impact to loosen the bolt. Employee A reached for the spinning nut and Employee B swung the hammer at the same time striking Employee A.

Repairmen was cutting a piece of conveyor skirting to size with a box knife. The knife slipped and the blade came into contact with the employees left forearm causing a small 1/2"" incision. Treatment resulted in 3 stitches.

Working on 4900 Ramp, during shift got something in left eye

Employee was moving a ladder which contacted a light fixture causing the fixture to break. The broken fixture struck the employee on the nose and upper lip. Employee received 8 stitches.

Injured was using a flexible lance to clean a 3"" pipe in the agglomerator. As EE was retracting the lance from the pipe, the hose uncoiled, causing the nozzle to slip out of the pipe quickly. A high pressure stream of water contacted the operator's leg, resulting in a 5"" long laceration which required cleaning & sutures. EE returned to duty the next day with no restrictions.

Miner was exiting dozer using three points of contact. When stepping onto track, his knee ""popped"" causing knee injury.

The driver was heading from the Anarraaq met station site back to RDM when the snowmachine broke through thin ice atop overflow. The snowmobile began to zig-zag, he lost control of the machine and it tipped over. When the driver got up, he had pain in his right elbow and the passenger his right knee and forearm.

Employee was loading a roof bolter drill pot onto a flat car when he lost his grip. As it fell to the ground he received a cut to his finger that required stitches.

The Employee tripped over a jack stand and landed on another jack stand with his left thigh. The top of the jack stand punctured through the employees pants and caused a laceration to the employees thigh. The incident was caused by poor work area planning. The employee received a laceration to his left upper thigh.

Employee was walking to perform pre-shift on his mantrip. He slipped on the metal grating causing him to fall. He received a laceration to his knee as a result of the fall, which required sutures to close.

While grinding 6 inch angle iron to fit to an I-beam, an employee was on a step ladder with a foot on the I-beam. While losing his balance, attempting to grab something so he wouldn't fall, the grinder slipped hitting the back of his right hand causing 2 lacerations. He received 4 sutures and returned to work.

Employee was using a Stanley knife cutting materials and cut his 3 fingers on the left hand. (Pointer, Middle and Ring). Employee was taken to the hospital and got 13 total stitches.

Employee was walking on slope belt and felt pain in his right knee. The employee went off work on 2/8/2016 and had surgery on 2/17/16. An MRI revealed several degenerative conditions including degenerative changes to the meidal meniscus, a Bakers cyst and arthritis. This is being reported as a Occupational Illness.

Hearing loss award made.

As part of the company's medical surveillance program, the employee was diagnosed 12/29 /2015 by a NIOSH Certified B-Reader with pleural plaques. Suspected cause is exposure to mineral fiber while working at the Green Mountain, NC mining operation in the 1970's,1980's and 1990's which mined and processed Olivine. The employee has not missed any work due to his condition.

Employee presented ongoing shoulder pain and limited use of left arm growing increasingly worse.No event noted. MRI shows degenerated superior labrum, mild tendinopathy, and glenoid fossa chondramalacia, and mild AC joint arthrosis. Employee has done primarily bull gang/utility work. This has been identified as an illness. MRI results were received on February 4th.

Employee complained of bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome. Surgery on right wrist on 12/28/2015 resulted in days away from work.

Employee claimed that over the last year and a half employee's arms and hands were getting worse, burning, going numb, locking up and hurting to a point employee couldn't go to sleep at night affecting employee's ability to do work safely. This was the first report of any symptoms.

Hearing loss claim was made on December 2, 2014. We received the award letter notification on 12/23/2015. His hearing for the award was on December 16, 2015. Employee retired on June 15, 2015.

Employee has been diagnosed with Occupational Pneumoconiosis. The safety department was notified of his diagnosis on December 22, 2015. Employee retired December 2015.

A decrease in hearing of an average of 25dB in comparison to the original baseline.

Employer was notified on 1/8/16 that the employee was diagnosed with hearing loss on 12/17/15. His employment terminated on 12/30/14.

The operator was notified on 12/17/2015 that the employee has been diagnosed with Occupational Pneumoconiosis.

Received a hearing loss diagnosis for employee from Worker's Comp. He was termed on 11/20/2015.

Received a hearing loss diagnosis for employee from Worker's Comp. He was termed on 12/14/15.

Employee experienced pain in shoulder. Has had previous shoulder injuries, and subsequently diagnosed with a SLAP tear, and biceps tendonopathy. Injury is attributed to consistent heavy overhead lifting and other overhead work meeting the requirements of occupational illness. This injury was claimed as work related on January 22 with the receipt of the medical notes.

Hearing Loss

Received a CWP diagnosis for employee from Worker's Comp.

The employee has filed for occupational pneumoconiosis, we were notified on 12-11-15 but he still is currently employed with this mine and continues to work

Occupational hearing loss but he is still working as of 12-28-15.

Employee is receiving a 10% award for Occupational Pneumocooniousis.

Reportable Hearing Loss

Retired employee was awarded a 11% award for hearing loss.

Employee began feeling pain in his shoulder while bolting. This incident is believed to be related to repetitive movement. Incident is still under investigation. Employee did not miss any scheduled work days until January 4th 2016

EE stated that his left knee was bothering him on 12/9/2015 as he walked. He reported this to his supervisor on 12/13/2015. He continued to work until he had surgery on his left knee on 3/1/2016. This is being reported as an occupational illness. Attached MRI noted degenerative chondromalacia and degenerative meniscal deficiency. Additional medical information is attached.

Employee alleged Carpal Tunnel syndrome due to working in the coal mine on 12/09/2015 to the Safety department. He had Carpal Tunnel surgery on his left hand on February 10, 2016.

The mine's Safety Department received notification on December 8, 2015 that this retired former employee was granted an award for permanent impairment from noise-induced hearing loss. The incident was caused by the employee's failure to wear the appropriate PPE - hearing protection throughout his career. The employee retired on 12-30-2014.

Miner diagnosed with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, had surgery on Friday, April 8, 2016. Lost time as of Monday April 11, 2016

Received a CWP diagnosis for employee from Worker's Comp. He was termed on 11/20/2015.

On this date, employee reported that he had been suffering back pain. He sought medical advice and began missing work on 12/7/2015 to seek treatment. Results of a MRI shows anterolisthesis and degenerative changes to his L4-L5 disc. He remains off work to continue treatment.

The employee called in from home and reported on and off discomfort and pain in left knee over a period of time. Employee went to doctor and restrictions were issued. This is an Occ. illness/LT.

Occupational Illness - Standard Threshold Shift to right ear at 3000Hz not including age factor.

Received a CWP diagnosis for employee from Worker's Comp. He was termed on 9/25/2015.

On 12/03/2015 Dr dx employee with a standard threshold shift in right ear. This has not been determined as work related to date.

The operator was notified on 12/2/2015 that the employee has been diagnosed with Occupational Pneumoconiosis.

The operator was notified on 12/2/2015 that the employee has been diagnosed with Occupational Pneumoconiosis.

Employee felt he had been exposed to muriatic acid fumes while cleaning lime from a radiator. He was nauseous and was throwing up. He was outside in good ventilation.

Employee filed for Occupational Pneumoconiosis we received this notification on 12-02-15 his last date of work was 10-17-15 due to a reduction of workforce

The operator was notified on 12/1/2015 that the former employee (last exposure date worked 5/2/2014) has been diagnosed with Occupational Pneumoconiosis.

Received a CWP diagnosis for employee.

Received a hearing loss diagnosis for employee.

Natural causes. Heart attack while riding in truck.