Mining Incidents in January 2016

Electrical issues at the hoist caused the amp gauge to stick, and the AC breaker to kick out.

On 1/30/16 a roof fall was discovered at break 12 on the parallel south mains at spad number 104. The fall occurred in an area that is not normally traveled, and the area dangered off.

An unplanned roof fall occurred on the M2 headings in the #3 entry at xc 21

Sparta Elevator was down from 8:00 AM to approximately 10:00 AM due to a faulty door switch.

On 1/27/2016 a roof fall was discovered at break 15 on the 3 West Panel. It was located in the intersection adjacent to spad 1712 and had previously been cribbed off.

Roof fall was discovered in the return #8 entry 6 belt inby survey spad 5531. The fall measured 100'longx18'widex6'-9'high. The area had been supported with 5' fully grouted roof bolts. No injuries or damage to equipment occurred due to the fall. The passage of the weekly examiner was affected. Entrances to the fall was re-supported with timbers and the travelway was diverted.

Operator backed the right rear tires onto a recently dumped pile while the left rear tire went into a low spot in the dumpsite, tipping the truck on its left side.

An unplanned roof fall had occurred in the last open break crosscut between #2 and #2 punch-out entries (spad #s 46357 and 46358). The area is in the neutral airway and does not affect the ventilation to the working section. This location is in an area in which there are no employees currently working.

Employee was driving dump truck loaded with gravel to repair muddy road leading to mine site. Road was wet and muddy, employee drove through soft area on road and truck partially tilted over on driver's side.

An unintentional roof fall has occurred on the #3 section right return, 4 lt. Bear Sub mains #14 panel in by spad #(S) 10118, 10117, 10121. The fall was approximately 75ft X 20ft X 7.5ft. There were no injuries reported.

Control wires pulled loose from the aux hoist at Viking portal.

The crabapple hoist was out of service for an extended period of time. The axial was damaged during hoisting. This required the mine to take the hoist out of service to repair. No employees injured as a result of this incident.

During the weekly examination, the examiner found a roof fall that was above the bolt anchor zone. This area was not in an escapeway, travelway, or roadway. And, it did not impede travel or affect the ventilation.

Magnetic switch went out on the material hoist. The switch was replaced and the hoist was back in operation by 8:00pm. All appropriate steps were taken during this time.

A fire occurred in a stockpile where high sulfur coal had been stored. The fire occurred due to air pockets existing within the stock pile due to loose compaction of coal which caused the coal to spontaneously ignite. No personal injuries were inflected, or equipment damages occurred from the fire. No persons were endangered from the fire.

An operator was tramming the 750 cable truck in A main in intake air when the equipment stalled at M17 along the west rib line. The operator attempted to restart the equipment but it would not start. The employee turned to look at the engine to see if they could identify a problem and noticed flames coming from the engine compartment.

The Cameron elevator door switch became frozen and stopped elevator. Cleaned door switch.

At 13:07, pipeline security rover noticed a small brush fire west of MM 5 in a remote, non mining or plant area off of the Lake One Road. Mine ERRT responded, discovered what appeared to have been a camp fire that spread to some brush. Fire was called out at 13:54.

At 10:13 am on 1/20/2016 a roof fall above the anchorage was found by the maintenance foreman on the 7left off 4North track at spad #8+59. The fall was approx.17.5' wide x 17' long x 6.5' high. The area had been mined in 8/14 and was supported with 6' fully grouted bolts and 10' cable bolts. There were no injuries or property damage. The fall is dangered off.

At approximately 8:35AM a fire was discovered on an unattended Polaris EMU that was located at the bottom of the slope in the shop area that was not extinguished within 10 minutes.

An unintentional roof fall occurred.

Roof fall occurred on the Old Main North Track inby the Dust Hole Switch. The fall is 40' in length X 16' in width and 14-16 feet in height. The area was initially bolted with 8' point anchor resin assisted roof bolts. Weathering of the roof was determined to be the cause of the accident.

Elevator trailing cable required splicing and lubricate door switches.

Contractor was on the clinker silo elevator when it stopped. Contractor used elevator phone to contact RCC control room. Electrical supervisor then contacted contractor and explained how to reset the elevator from the inside. Once reset the elevator returned to operation and contractor was off the elevator around 1525.

There was a roof fall located at break 12 in the #4 entry of the plant mains. The approximate size of the fall was 20' x 6' x 40'. It has been dangered and cribbed off and the #5 entry will be used as the travelway around the fall.

Hoist issues A/C trip, counting faults, slow down fault trip outs, clutch fault. HOIST DOWN AT 1425, CALLED MSHA @1430 (on auto hold waiting for operator to pick-up, hung up and re-dialed to be on auto hold again) made contact with MSHA operator @ 1450, hoist back up at 1530 at which time MSHA was notified (answered immediately) of hoist being operational.

A roof fall was discovered in the Main West section, #4 entry, crosscut #18. Fall dimensions are approximately: 17 feet x 16 feet by 12 feet high. The roof fall occurred mostly in an intersection.

At approximately 10:50am an explosion occurred in the #1 Kiln coal system.

The hoist was unavailable due to the bottom gate being stuck in the open position. All miners were evacuated to the surface and did not re-enter as the shift had ended. There were no injuries or other issues.

Found a roof fall in the 1st west mains section at 2:55 PM in the #2 entry 8 X cuts outby section. Fall measured approx. 19' wide - 80' to 100' long 10' high. Area was bolted with 4' bolts.

An unplanned roof fall occurred in a cross cut of the slope track extension.

#2 gear wire became loose, mine was evacuated at 4:05 a.m., MSHA was notified at 4:07 a.m., evacuation was completed at 4:20 a.m., hoist was repaired at 4:55 a.m., tested and the miners returned to work at 5:05 a.m.

While in the process of making a weekly exam the Mine Examiner discovered a roof fall in the #1 Entry of the 3 East Mains. The fall was located 10' outby 42 wall and traveled outby 60 feet, there were no intersections affected. There were no persons injured or equipment damaged as a result of the fall.

Two miners were on top of the Miracle Run Elevator (30' from top) chipping ice off shaft wall, that was found in the previous inspection. A piece of ice fell and tripped the limit switch on shaft bottom causing an entrapment for approx. 85 minutes. No problems with training, ppe, mining machines or compliance issues.

The elevator at the Shoal Creek portal went down at 7:15 pm due to a faulty contactor. The contactor was replaced and the elevator was put back in service at 8:25 pm.

Concentrator Step 3 man elevator 9:05 until 9:39 (Reported to MSHA at 9:36 1-124928823) then re-reported at 9:48 (1-124927772). Entrapped employee experience 5yr/26 wk. 301 Us Steel Employees - 24 contractors on site

Sparta Elevator was down from 1:10 AM to approximately 3:00 AM due to a faulty top door latch.

It is believed that a malfunction occurred within the coal mill when a plow broke. This likely promoted ignition of fire due to sparking. No injuries reported, filters and support cages damaged during fire. All safety interlocks functioned correctly as expected.

The person responsible for the daily inspection of the elevator got stuck on the elevator. Schindler Elevator Service was called to evaluate and correct the issue. Ice buildup on a door switch was found to have caused the issue. The employee was freed at approximately 5:40 AM. The elevator was thoroughly examined, evaluated and returned to service.

Outby roof fall located in Tailgate 2 cross cut 39 between 2-3 entries. The size is about 60 feet long and about 12-14 feet tall. We have no plans of cleaning it up, and it has been dangered off on all approaches.

Repairs were being made on the raw coal feed chute going to the #80 raw coal screen. It appears a torch was being used to remove bolts out of the lid on the chute. At some point the workers left the area to get materials and when they returned to the 6th floor the #80 raw coal screen was on fire. 2 employees were injured, but reported on separate reports.

The Emerald #1 Elevator went down at 10:25am on Jan 8th due to a broken buffer switch. The elevator was down until aprox 6:30pm when the issue was corrected and the elevator was back in service.

The #6 Portal elevator went down at 4:55 pm for CSR2 fault. There was a man trapped on the elevator. Schindler Elevator was called and came out and repaired the elevator. The elevator was running again at 6:55 pm and the man got off the elevator.

A fall of the roof occurred on the 1st N.E. Mains, 1st 54 #5 entry (supply road - secondary escapeway), crosscut 23 (intersection). Fall measured approximately 16'-18' width, by 35'-45' length, by 8'-14' height.

Outage caused by back out switch, MSHA was notified at 11:00 p.m., evacuation began at 10:55 p.m., and completed at 11:15 p.m., hoist was repaired at 2:50 a.m., was tested and miners returned underground at 3:00 a.m.

The transformer in a belt power center became grounded and caught fire.

While riding the skip into the mine for the start of 3rd shift, the skip stopped suddenly near the 770 foot depth. A broken guide in the North side of the shaft had moved a couple inches in towards the center of the shaft causing a wear plate on the skip to get caught on it, stopping the skip. 17 miners were on board at the time of the incident.

A roof fall was discovered at 4:50 PM. The fall is located in the #6 entry 50 feet inby survey station 184. The fall is approximately 65 feet long by 17 feet wide. It is tapered on all four sides and ranges in thickness from 0 to 8 feet. The area was originally bolted in 2001 with 6 foot fully grouted resin bolts.

A roof fall occurred in the 1st South Panel 2 at spad 4+00 in #5 entry measuring 40 foot long by 18 foot wide by approximately 9 foot high. The area was bolted with 9 foot cable bolts and 5 foot fully grouted bolts.

A cross arm failed on a power pole, a fire was identified as smoking/glowing. The fire brigade responded, on standby until the electricians isolated the power. The fire would appear to have been extinguished by the heavy, wet snow, but wind would cause it to flare up. Fire exceeded 30 minutes, and confirmed extinguished at 7:00 a.m. MSHA was notified 4:50.

An employee became entrapped in the Fish Creek elevator from 11:22 pm to 12:30 am on 1-5-16. The elevator limit switch was changed.

At approximately 11:50am the #3 Hoist AC breaker tripped and would not reset while doing test trips. About 45 minutes later the breaker was repaired and several test trips were performed successfully. By 1pm the hoist was back up and running. No one was underground at the time of the incident.

Employee was reaching across the rock duster and placed left hand on the duster for balance as EE was opening the bleed off valve. The pressure bleed off lid, causing it to fall and the flat bar hinge caught the middle finger on left hand. This resulted in a laceration and partial amputation of the finger.

Employee was shoveling dirt/dust from the bottom of a limestone block on the opposite side of the block that the saw was cutting. The blade had cut approx. 10"" down when the employee brought shovel up under the saw blade. The blade extends approx 4"" to the other side of the block (where employee was shoveling). Employee has a fracture and laceration.

The employee was throwing miner cable against the rib when they felt pain in their lower abdomen. This accident occurred on 1/13/16 and while the employee was receiving a physical for new employment on 3/7/16 a Hernia was discovered.

Employee was shoveling coal from underneath #1 conveyor belt and dumping it on the belt for removal. Employee was twisting with full shovel when EE felt a pain in back. Employee was seen at medical facility and held out of service with a strained back muscles

Employee had just finished closing a barge cover and was walking on top of the barge when EE's leg slipped and knee twisted but EE did not fall.

Injured was monitoring the thermal dryer when a hot spot developed. The injured called to the control room to turn the fan down. Injured thought the fan had turned off and opened the access door. When the door was opened, the injured suffered burns to the face, neck and wrist as the fan was still running at a lower speed.

Employee was changing a differential in an EDV ride when the differential slipped and landed on the employee's little finger on right hand.

EE was jackhammering a dirt pile. While lifting the jackhammer out of the pile, ee strained back.

Trying to move wheelbarrow, wheelbarrow was frozen to ground, employee forced wheelbarrow out of frozen material, when it broke free employee fell backward striking EE's lower back on a board.

While riding in the back of a mantrip on a road that had been excessively watered, the employee struck against the mantrip shell when EE's vehicle slid into another mantrip that was stopped in the entry, resulting in back pain and a sprained ankle.

Employee was climbing up steps on an ejector truck and felt pain in employee's right knee. The pain got worse over the next week and employee began missing work on 2/4/16 with an initial diagnosis of strain/sprain with a referral to a specialist. No problem with mining machines, PPE, training or compliance issues.

While lifting a can of oil from a car EE felt a pain in EE's shoulder. An MRI revealed a torn left labrum. EE first missed work on 3/10/16.

The employee was cleaning the windshield on #1088 Gradall. Employee lost balance, broke through the safety chain on the catwalk and fell 5 feet to the ground. The result of the fall was a lumbar contusion and a cut to employee's right hand.

Employee was backing EE's DI dozer up the slope when the tracks got stuck on a rock. This caused the dozer to jar a little bit. The employee stated EE had pain in EE's neck later on.

INJURED HAD PUT UP EE'S SECOND BOLT IN THAT ROW AND NOTICED THAT IT WAS WIDE TO THE RIB. EE SWUNG THE BOOM OVER TO INSTALL AN EXTRA BOLT. EE STARTED DRILLING AND A SECTION OF ROOF FELL ON EE. STRIKING EE ON HEAD AND SHOULDERS.

REPORTABLE ONLY DUE TO SUTURES Employee was bent over to set a track tie under the rail as another employee was using track hammer to clip the latches on another track tie. During the downswing, the track hammer struck the bent over employee on back side of hard hat causing small laceration to scalp, requiring sutures.

Mine is IDLE: Superintendent was lifting crib blocks to stage up highwall miner to remove from job site when employee strained employee's lower back.

Injured was swinging a pipe to remove a roof jack support for the header during reclamation and hurt right shoulder. EE had been treated for the illness since 2006 and was supposed to have surgery on it in January 2016 and injured elected not to have the surgery to treat condition. Supporting medical documents to follow.

Contract truck driver (Evergreen) tripped on bottom step descending from loadout.

Employee was putting scoop on charge. When EE slipped and twisted EE's left knee and back.

As employee was walking by roof bolter, employee slipped and twisted right knee.

While splicing the 11 right belt, a self tightening dog was used to pull slack out of the take up. After the splice was completed the take up was tightened before the dog was removed causing the dog to come off and strike the employee in the right arm.

Injured was walking to the warehouse when EE tripped on a down drill that had been covered by the recent snow fall.

Drill steel got caught under drill head, when lowering the head it caused the steel to recoil out of tray and struck EE in the bicep.

Employee was walking by the section coal feeder when EE stepped on a rock and twisted EE's right knee. Employee finished the shift and went to the Hospital the next morning had x-rays which were negative for any injuries.

Employee was helping another employee load concrete block when EE aggravated hernia. Employee started missing 02/01/16.

Ee was doing a pre-shift inspection when EE stepped on a rock and rolled EE's ankle. EE was seen at the ER, given a walking boot and referred for follow-up. On follow-up EE was placed on restrictions that could not be accommodated, so the employee is off work.

After parking shuttle car, employee walked to the power center and stepped in a mud hole, twisting employee's left knee. Employee was not given time off of work until 2-4-16.

Skid steer operator was getting off of employee's machine when employee stepped down employee's foot landed on a small stone which caused employee to twist employee's ankle.

Employee was using a chain ratchet while repairing a broke belt when EE felt pain in EE's back.

While bolting on the Sandvik miner on the 1 left section, an offset in the rib rolled out, pushing employee down and employee caught self with employee's right arm, causing pain in employee's right shoulder.

Employee was going up steps and tripped causing a knee injury which was diagnosed as bruising.

Employee was pushing material to a loader with a dozer. As ee was backing up after making a push, ee was distracted by grab iron and step that had come loose. Dozer backed over uneven ground that caused the back to break over and come down hard. Employee stated that the impact had jarred and injured back.

EE was walking North into the fire pump room at Mono Power. EE caught heel on a raised portion of the cement (3/8"") causing EE to trip and fall onto right shoulder. This injury was determined reportable on 02/09.

Employee alleges EE was operating a loader and EE hit a hole in the roadway and EE jammed EE's neck and shoulders.

Employee's right foot became stuck between the relay bar and the toe of shield 140. EE reached over their back towards the next shield and lost balance. Employee fell over fracturing EE's right leg.

Using adjustable wrench during plant repair/maintenance. During use, wrench slipped and struck employee in the left forehead, causing a laceration.

Employee was using a 1/2"" drive breaker bar and socket to remove a nut from a bolt attaching a hopper wing extension that was in a bind with spring like tension. When the nut came off the bolt stored energy was released through the hopper wing sending the socket end of the breaker bar into the employee's face.

On January 26th, 2016, injured employee was attempting to make a splice on #1 surface belt. IE was carrying a nail board to the work area when they tripped over a center cam roller submerged in the snow. IE finished shift & did not miss any work. On 5-18-2016 IE notified management they were going off work due to the injury suffered on 1-26-2016.

On 1/26/2016 employee was operating a forklift and strained neck. Employee was seen by site medic & ER, full release was issued no days lost. On 3/7/16 employee was seen by doctor, who then issued restrictions, 3/11/16 is the 1st shift missed.

EE was walking from the employee parking lot to the main property when EE slipped & fell on the ice injuring EE's back. We had previously had over 20 inches of snow over the weekend creating very slippery conditions. Maintenance had cleaned the lot earlier in the morning, but ice under the snow created a slippery condition. The area had been plowed & treated prior to the injury.

Operator said ee hurt back when ee hit a bump in the road. Upon new evidence this has become reportable.

The pickup truck's RR tire blew while driving south on the haul road causing the truck to slide into the ditch. The abrupt stop caused the driver's back to be jarred resulting in a thoracic vertebrae compression fracture.

Employee was removing tool bag from the truck and placing the tool bag in personal locker when ee felt right shoulder pop.

The employee was shoveling snow when EE felt a pop in EE's back. EE continued to work till 2/15/2016 when EE went off work for a herniated disk in EE's lower back.

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OFF A REMOTE STAND EE'S LEFT FOOT GOT HUNG UP ON THE GRATING ON THE BOTTOM 1/2 STEP WHICH CAUSED EE TO PUT ALL EE'S WEIGHT ON EE'S RIGHT FOOT AT AN ANGLE CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO TWIST ANKLE

Employee was walking to dozer and slipped on a patch of ice. This was not reported until 1/25/16 and Workers' Comp conducted an investigation. The claim was approved on 2/11/2016. Employee missed three days with a lower back sprain.

A Cement Truck Driver went to the scale house from scale #5 after ticket did not print and tripped, misjudging last step on stairs. Cement Truck Driver did not see last step as it was covered in a cement spill from rail car loading. Driver tripped down last step landing on the walking working surface, spraining left ankle, right knee contusion, and left wrist contusion.

Was lifting a rail car knuckle when twisted to one side and pulled muscle.

Employee was hammering overhead to break loose a knocker, felt a ""pinch"" in employee's back.

Truck driver was strapping down employee's load and got too close to the edge of the truck when employee lost employee's balance and fell.

Pain in knee after bolting in 01/2016. IW declined treatment. 01/2017 the IW had surgery for lateral meniscus repair and debridement, patellar tendon debridement and repair of chronic patellar tendonitis. Diagnosis was a longitudinal tear of the lateral meniscus and chronic Patellar tendonitis, and early parameniscal cyst formation consistent with chronic, degenerative conditions.

The employee was lowering a cover on the miner when they felt something pop in their left ring finger. This accident occurred on 01/21/2016 and on 03/09/2016 Orthopedic Doctor discover a small facture.

Employee was loading oxygen tank on flat car and felt pain in back.

Stemming drill holes - shoveling rock w/shovel. Experienced pain in low back.

This day was raining and the ground was muddy, EE was helping another employee with the Cone Crusher QH-331, on a crusher jam. When EE was getting off the Crusher proceeded to step off the Crusher through the ladder, ladder was wet and slip while stepping down, Fail in EE's left foot.

Employee was using heat to warm slow moving feeder belt and left jacket cuff caught in pinch point of troughing roller and belt and resulted in a left wrist fracture

When loading a beam onto a supply car, employee heard a ""pop"" in employee's right shoulder. Employee did not begin missing work until 03/08/2016 for the injury.

Employee was lifting a timber when they felt pain in lower stomach area. The employee never missed work until the 3/3/16 shift.

Thur - 1/21/16- 4:30 PM - employee left work at normal time 4:30 pm. EE said they went home and took a shower. After the shower EE's eye began to hurt. EE was off work for the following 4 days (1/22/16 thru 1/25/16). On 1/26/16 EE began work at 6:00 AM and came to report eye (5 day late) injury at the office approx 9:00 AM and EE was sent to clinic.

Building a brattice picked up a block to stack on the brattice, turning around and felt a pop in EE's middle lower back

Employee was assisting in thawing out the dryer in the plant with a propane heater through the inspection door, When the dryer was ""bumped"" to try and start it. Dry material fell on to the propane heater and ignited. Injured jumped out of the way and injured EE's back.

Moving trailing cable by dragline and slipped on covered ice breaking EE's ankle.

Employee was lifting a scoop door when EE felt pain in EE's lower back, right shoulder and elbow.

Driver was waiting for road to be cleared. Road was snow covered. Employee fell after exiting coal truck.

Employee was inspecting an impoundment area and slipped on some ice and fell down.

Employees were trying to thaw a centrifuge with a propane torch. While attempting to bump the dryer to get it started; dry material was suspended in the dryer which came in contact with the propane torch causing a quick fire and burst of flames. Employee was transported to CAMC General then to Cabell Huntington Burn Unit for EE's injuries.

Employee was uncoupling an 1.5 inch frozen line and was saturated with cement. The cement entered EE's boot without EE realizing due to freezing temperatures. EE worked until 2/1/2016 when EE required medical attention for 2nd degree burns to the top of EE's right foot.

Despite having gravel and scoria spread throughout the ready line, an operator conducting a pre-shift examination slipped in the parking ditch at the ready line and fell. Initially the employee did not report an injury. On 1/22/2016 the employee reported that ee back was sore and wanted to see a doctor.

Employee was walking to the miner when EE struck EE's head on a belt hanger and injured EE's neck. (Employee worked the following day, had a personal day in for the 21st. EE went for medical attention and was put off work. There was no work scheduled for the 22nd, 23rd and 24th.) Began missing scheduled work on the 25th.

Employee was entering the wet process building. EE entered and parked the electric scoot. EE then shut the doors and when ee turned to go back to the cart, ee slipped on ice, but caught themselves before a complete fall. Felt shoulder pain and received treatment for a strain with restrictions.

Released back to work with a ""sitting only"" restriction. Tem 8F. Pit excavator drove fuel truck to machine in pit bottom & park the truck. Exited to chock the rear wheels. EE's right foot slipped on an ice puddle EE caught EE's full weight on EE's left foot. EE experienced pain in EE's ankle. RMH/Sentara Corp health determined EE's injury to be Achilles Tendon Entesopathy.

Employee was working on a shacker and twisted to get a tool from behind EE and employee stated they felt a pull in lower back.

Employee was helping move the emergency sled when a timber fell off. EE bent over to put it back on the sled, in the process of replacing the timber the sled set down on EE's right foot. This resulted in a fracture to the 2nd and 3rd metatarsal in EE's right foot.

EMPLOYEE STATED EE WAS EXITING THE CONNEX BOX STORAGE TRAILER WHEN EE SLIPPED ON SNOW/ICE CAUSING EE TO CATCH SELF IN A SPLIT.

A clean coal truck pulled onto the scales, employee observed the truck bed was on fire. EE grabbed a nearby fire extinguisher and while going around the mechanics truck EE slipped in the snow catching self before falling. Operator was informed on 3/24/2016 that employee has a testicular hernia and will have surgery on 3/31/2016.

Employee was climbing down from a Cat 777 haul truck. When EE slipped from the top step of the ladder. Employee was holding on with EE's left arm when EE fell and hit the bumper of the truck, and then falling to the ground. Employee recieved injury to left arm, resulting in a torn bicep tendon.

As Employee was carrying rock dust employee felt pain in lower back. Employee was treated at Raleigh General Hospital.

A mine operations employee was in this area conducting an inspection for the future establishment of dump catchment berms. The employee was walking down from the top of a windrow, felt right knee pop and fell to the ground. Diagnosis determined that the employee sustained injury to the right knee resulting in a right closed tibia plateau fracture.

Employee was walking in an area of low head room, between 2 screens, and walked into a lighting fixture striking EE's head. The employee continued to work until 1-25-2016, when EE saw a doctor and was diagnosed with a compressed nerve.

Was walking around a pump, stepped on scale debris in ground and fell striking right hip and low back on curb

Pulling miner cable slack to be hung & strained lower back.

Employee squatted down to examine load cells on truck scale and when ee stood up ee felt a pain in right knee. Employee started missing work on 1-26-2016 due to knee hurting.

Employee felt pain on lower back and in right leg while bent over to lift a pie pan. Employee was treated at Raleigh General Hospital.

Ee was stepping off haul truck ladder, slipped on last step, landing on ground with both feet, jarring EE's right low back. EE was seen at the ER, diagnosed with low back pain, no fracture. On follow-up EE was put off work pending physical therapy and reevaluation.

While working on the tower, EE had kiln feed blow into eyes from a thermocouple port.

EE was walking between cross cut #4 and #5. There was a shuttle car traveling the straight of #5 which was anchored in #4. While the cable was moving across the entry, ee tried to step over the cable, which caught boot, causing EE to do the splits. (EE has a bruise of the right hamstring.)

Employee had stopped to take a break and when EE exited EE's truck EE tripped over a frozen dirt clod twisting EE's lower back.

Employee was disembarking a mantrip bucket and injured back.

Employee was putting air dry in rock truck and hose came off letting the air dry hit EE in the eyes. Employee started missing work on 1/18/2016.

Ee was walking when EE stepped on a rock and rolled EE's ankle. EE continued working, finishing EE's shift. The next evening when EE woke up, EE's ankle was swollen and painful. EE was seen at the ER, given a boot and crutches, and on follow up was put off work due to the ankle strain.

Truck Operator was exiting the transport van and slipped on the running board which had iced up from the snowy weather conditions and fell to the ground.

Was carrying oil cans in each hand, while walking. EE felt something in left knee. ***(Started missing on 03/17/2016. Orginal diagnosis was a cyst(non work related). After further test, as of 04/08/2016 changed diagnosis to strain.)

The employee was working in a secondary containment for grinding aid; behind 2nd Bank Silos. The employee slid awkwardly while standing in the dry containment area and injuring EE's left foot/ankle.

Employee was working on belt structure. EE was packing a top roller when EE felt pain in back.

Employee was attempting to load an oxygen cylinder for welding into a scoop bucket. EE was carrying the cylinder and stepped on a loose rock. EE slipped, buckling right knee. The cylinder fell across the back of right leg and right knee. EE felt a ""pop"". Results of the injury reveal a torn meniscus.

While pushing off & away from a rail car EE reports feeling a pop in left wrist. Preliminary x-rays show no fracture however a splint was prescribed as a precaution. Follow-up med. exams may be necessary to rule out fracture. EE was released & continues to work w/restrictions. Update: Further exam revealed ruptured tendon requiring surgery on 2/9/16. EE restricted from work 2 wks.

While working on airslide in dusty environment employee's glasses became foggy due to dust mask. Dust stuck to EE's glasses and obstructed EE's vision while EE was descending the ladder. EE missed a step and fell. EE bruised left hip and glute and left elbow.

Employee slipped on ice/snow. The resulting injury was treated as first aid initially. Employee informed that doctors are now recommending surgery. Surgery scheduled and employee set to return to work soon.

Employee had exited the mantrip at the end of EE's shift and was in walking across the parking lot when another employee, in their personal vehicle struck EE, knocking EE to the ground. Employee was able to get up with assistance.

Employee alleges January 14, 2016 incident caused an injury to back that EE was not aware of. We feel this incident was not caused by an occurrence at work and is not work related. We are filing this report only to terminate a citation. We will contest this citation.

Attempting to clean torch tip, employee burnt left hand with a lit torch.

Employee was unhooking boomer chains on a lowboy when the lowboy was being lowered to the ground to be unhooked from truck employee's left foot was under the frame of the lowboy causing it to smash EE's foot.

A panel box door was not properly secured in the closed position allowing water to enter into the electrical panel. The EE opened the panel box to turn on the breaker & the panel face shocked the EE. The shock was minor but the EE was taken to a doc to be checked out. There were no obvious signs of injury. The EE stated EE had minor tingling in EE's left hand.

The loader operator was getting off the CAT 992G loader at the end of the shift. EE stepped off the counter weight of the machine with EE's right foot onto a level berm. EE stepped onto a piece of #3 stone causing EE's ankle to roll and EE fell to the ground. EE was diagnosed with a sprained ankle.

Employee slipped while working on haul truck. EE did not fall, only twisted back.

Employee was on a ladder that was on the belt to set timbers during roller service. The group failed to follow company policy by confirming with the designated person that they were on the belt. The belt turned on and EE fell off the ladder to the ground injuring shoulder. Regs, skills, proficiency, training and protective devices were not a factor. Rules and attitude factored

When picking up jackhammer felt a ""pop"" in lower back.

Our technician was working onsite at the C&J Gravel shop in Durango, CO, Mine ID#0504034. While removing jaw wedge with an impact wrench the pusher bolts and wedge became free pushing the impact wrench into EE's chest, causing EE to fall on the grizzley fingers. EE was treated and released at Mercy Medical missing one day of work on Friday 1/15/16

Employee was walking on uneven ground & sprained their ankle.

EE was standing on a belt to help set timbers during roller service. Group did not follow company policy by confirming with designated person that they were standing on the belt. Belt was turned on and EE was knocked down injuring back. The following were not a factor: regs, skills, proficiency, training or protective devices. Rules and attitude were a factor.

Employee was walking out by the miner when EE's legs got tangled up in the miner cable causing EE to twist EE's left knee as EE fell. This resulted in a fracture in EE's knee cap.

While holding an impact wrench overhead to drop belly pan on an excavator EE felt a pain in back of right shoulder then fingers started getting numb.

WHILE KNEELING AND TWISTING, EMPLOYEE TWISTED KNEE WHILE CHANGING SCREENS IN A SMALL AREA IN PLANT. EE'S KNEE BECAME SWOLLEN AND MORE PAINFUL DURING THE EVENING AND EE WAS SEEN AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM. EE IS NOW BEING EVALUATED BY AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON AND IS UNABLE TO RETURN TO WORK FOR AN UNSPECIFIED LENGTH OF TIME.

Miner was walking around the crushing plant to check the belt lines, when they slipped on the snow covered ground and twisted right ankle. The miner walked back to control room under own power. The pain in the ankle continued to worsen and miner was sent for medical care. X-ray's discovered a crack in fibula bone, requiring further medical treatment.

Employee was bagging dust and occasionally a bag will split. Employee said this particular bag burst and the dust blew up under EE's safety glasses.

The injured was walking across mine parking lot and slipped on a patch of ice causing a sprain right knee. The injured's first missed day of work was 1/15/2016

Miner was getting off of dozer when EE notices the step was full of dirt. EE stepped off the push arm (approximately 3 feet) to the ground and landed wrong on EE's foot and twisted EE's ankle.

Employee was tramming a scoop when something flew into EE's right eye, dust or dirt.

Employee was walking up a set of steps at 3 mile fan on surface and a piece of metal slid down steps and struck employee in the left ankle resulting in a fracture to employee's left ankle.

Employee was roof bolting. EE was walking back toward the back of the roof bolter to get more roof bolts when EE tripped over a piece of draw rock and twisted left ankle.

While shoveling loose materials from the floor a machinery guard tipped over and struck the employee on the upper back and head. The guard had been disassembled by maintenance personnel just previous to striking the employee.

EE was using a piece of metal/pipe to clear an aggregate blockage at the Crushing Plant Chute. When the blockage began to clear, pieces of loose aggregate fell on ee right hand. The falling aggregates caused two small cuts, a swollen middle finger and some numbness in the pinky finger.

EE was washing under the feed hopper, a baseball sized rock dislodged, striking EE's hardhat causing a cut on EE's head. Treatment was offered and refused, refusal waiver was signed. After work, EE sought treatment, receiving one staple in EE's head. No documentation was received. EE was on vacation for the next three days.

Employee strained lower back while shoveling material.

Pulling up a buggy cable behind 7 section power box. Hit hard hat on top hurting neck, and lower back.

Contactor was entering the guard shack and grabbed the door handle with right hand. A gust of wind jerked the door from ee hands. Contractor felt a strain/sprain in lower back.

Employee was walking to the shop to enter the warehouse, snow covered ground and ice was underneath the snow, EE slipped and fell strained EE's back. Cause of this injury was employee not paying attention to EE's task and heavy snow. Compliance with rules/regs., mining equipment not a factor. PPE (Proper footwear for snow) and miner proficiency could be a factor.

Employee was walking down steps that were installed to prevent falls on bank when they slipped/tripped and fell injuring right hip. 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.

The miner was locking the pins in on the skid steer for another miner. The injured miner locked the pins on the skid steer and stepped back. When the operator of the skid steer moved the bucket the bucket fell off causing a contusion of the left foot.

Employee was re-filling the grease truck and slipped while getting off of the truck. The employees foot missed the step.

Employee was bolting in the #3 left crosscut when a piece of rock fell off the canopy of the bolter, striking EE on the back of EE's leg.

EE was repairing the underflow pipe to the thickener tank, slipped on mud and twisted left knee. **PLEASE NOTE: EMPLOYER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF INJURY UNTIL 05/08/2016

Employee plus one was thawing a water line. One was using a weed burner to thaw ice while the other was twisting and bending the line to help break the ice. Air was also being used to push the ice. A large amount of ice broke loose at once causing the line to move abruptly. The coupling of the line struck the employee on the knee cap.

Employee was standing in front of a shield facing the L/W face when the shield behind employee advanced. Both feet were pinned between the relay bar and each toe of the shield. Employee suffered two broken bones and the wounds required sutures to be closed.

Employee was digging out a blocked tail wheel when EE hurt something in right arm above elbow (bicep).

Employee slipped on ice at the top of the slope while holding handrails. Felt pop in shoulder.

Employee was lifting a drill pot out of a mantrip to load onto another mantrip, with assistance from another employee. When the assisting employee picked up one side of the drill pot shifting all the weight to the injured employees side and EE stated that felt a tearing and ripping sensation in left arm, shoulder, neck and back.

Stepping down off a drill & fell to the ground.

Was hooking air hose when slipped on snow and fell on left shoulder at switch #11.

Employee was operating a continuous mining machine when a piece of rock fell from the corner and struck employee on the foot which resulted in a fracture.

While trying to push a track switch closed, the contractor's right thumb was caught between the pointer rail and the main line rail.

While operating a mantrip on E27 track, employee struck a broken rail causing EE's left shoulder and lower lip to hit operator's compartment.

The employee was struck in the right cheek with a metal wedge from a wedge socket that was being used to pull belt onto belt structure. The wedge socket connection failed causing the wedge to fly thru the air and struck the injured causing a laceration and broken orbital bone.

Was jarred when the truck was being loaded.

Loading waterline onto sled slipped and fell injuring left shoulder.

Pulling on container door to open

Employee reached under pallet elevator to remove debris and was caught when the lower deck came down. Employee suffered lower face and neck trauma.

Employee was cleaning the tipple when the metal detector shut the belt off. EE turned to go to the belt when EE placed EE's foot in some mud and EE twisted EE's knee. The area EE stepped in the mud was a small incline. EE had been scheduled for an MRI and management received notification on 2/2/2016 that EE will require surgery.

Employee was repairing the chute above the #80 raw-coal screen and the screen caught on fire causing heavy smoke. Employee assisted by another employee attempted to put out the fire but the smoke was too heavy resulting in minor burns to the face and smoke inhalation.

Employee was carrying a small steel plate down the stairs when they lost their balance, fell forward, landing on knees.

Employee was repairing the chute above the #80 raw-coal screen and the screen caught on fire causing heavy smoke. Employee assisted by another employee attempted to put out the fire but the smoke was too heavy resulting in minor burns to the face and smoke inhalation.

Employee was unloading bags of cement from a flat car, turned and allegedly twisted employee's right knee, resulting in a knee strain.

I was told to run the dredge for a few days. Supervisor didn't like that I left it dirty. Supervisor told me I was fired and I turned to talk to a fellow employee and got struck in the back of the head. Had to go get staples.

Shoveling around support structure of primary screen cleaning off concrete slab of built up dirt & rocks. Using a shovel to push shovel material when felt a pop in groin area. Felt a burning section right away contacted supervisor. Went to hospital for ultra sound. Found to have unilateral inguinal hernia. Follow up with doctor on Jan 10th if surgery or treatment for options.

Employee sat down to close the bottoms of EE's trailers in water that was contaminated with lime. Causing a chemical burn.

Clearing - cutting down tree (dead) - limb fell off & hit him. Tree came apart as tree was falling

Employee was laying out a series of shots, the lead weight on EE's measuring tape became stuck, EE pulled up on the tape & it came back striking EE in the mouth.

On January 7, 2016, employee assisted with the changing of a bit and deck bushing on a rotary drill. EE felt a pinch in EE's abdomen after pushing with EE's left leg. On January 18, 2016 EE received a diagnosis of a left inguinal hernia.

Operating a jack hammer. *Employee said they must have done this here because they don't work at home.

Moving supply motor and got foot caught under motor.

Miner stated that EE was returning to EE's equipment when EE stepped in a rut and twisted EE's knee. The walking surface was dry.

Employee was walking from the fan to the face and hit right knee on a vent tube. Began losing time on 1/25/2016.

Worker was placing a wood block under a stone and slipped on the ice and injured EE's hip

Employee was mounting a Caterpillar 966 loader EQ #23.3814. Apparently there was frost on the loader grab bars and when ee reached with left hand it slid down and ee fell backwards. EE indicated ee must have caught hands and thought left arm was broken.

Employee was carrying a 5 gallon oil can up #1 entry to the F25 longwall face thru a water hole measuring 30'L X 5'W X 4""D when stepped on a rock twisting left knee. LTA on 7/8/16.

The employee was lifting the plug of a high voltage cable into the cable tub when they felt pain in their lower back. This accident occurred on 1-6-16 and the employee continued to work until 4-20-16.

Operator was backing a haul truck under shovel to be loaded and contacted shovel bucket. Impact caused a strain/sprain to operator neck and back region.

Employee lifted a 5 lbs bucket with tools inside of it (wrenches, hammers etc) from the ground. EE immediately felt pain in EE's lower back. EE requested medical treatment on 1/6/16. Diagnosis: Back sprain.

Employee was removing barrel and parts from #2 raw coal pump when employee struck employee's head against a discharge pipe causing pain in employee's neck. Employee finished the shift.

The employee was working on the belt move and pinched their finger between the belt pulley and the tail frame.

The employee was hand stacking 50 pound clay bag, and when ee turned to place a bag on the pallet, ee felt a pain in their back.

EE was carrying pallets sheets on level ground (concrete floor) did not see pallet sitting on floor and tripped over it. EE went to doctor on 1/7/16 came back to work with no restrictions. EE went to doctor for followup on 1/15/16 came back with restrictions since that day EE has worked 3 days and been on vacation the other 2 days.

Employee was walking along the Main North 1 belt line when the employee stepped in a water hole and twisted right knee.

Employee originally got hurt 5/23/14. EE reported to safety that ee had back problems 1/5/16 and that it stemmed for the earlier injury

Contractor employee was installing resin bolts in the face of No. 8 entry. Employee was pushing the bolt over with the palm of employee's right hand and as employee was aligning the pin wrench to finish installing the bolt employee engaged the rotation causing the bolt to spring striking employee's right hand.

crusher foreman reached to remove softball sized rock from behind guard on jaw crusher during pre-start up inspection. pushed on rock and felt something pop in left bicep.

The employee stated that EE was going through a mandoor at the return shaft when EE twisted back. EE continued working after the incident until 3/20/2016 when EE sought medical attention and was removed from work. On 3/21/2016 this became a lost time injury due to missing work.

The employee was walking across the track when EE tripped over the rail. The employee fell and caught self with EE's right arm and felt pain in EE's right shoulder. The employee received an injection in EE's right shoulder on 3/7/2016. This is a Medical Treatment accident.

The employee was struck by a section of coal rib when EE squatted down in front of it. The incident occurred because the employee did not view this rib as a potential issue. The employee was properly trained and has a good safety attitude. The incident did not involve any mining equipment or any aspect of the mining system. EE had EE's proper PPE.

Employee was picking up a 1/4"" chain when ee felt a sharp pain at middle back and right side area.

Removing cleaning build up from inside walls of dryer crusher using high pressure water. The cleaning was being done from elevated outside cleanout ports. Due to build up on bottom of vessel opening with limited access to this area men began cleaning from below bottom opening. Material buildup on vessel broke loose during operation and struck men causing bodily injury.

Employee stated EE was coming down the ladder from the Jaw Platform and EE's feet slipped on the ladder rung, and EE fell to the ground.

While fire bossing Employee began to feel pain in employee's legs. Safety Department was notified on 1/19/2016 of employee's diagnosis.

Employee stated that while getting on the excavator ""on employee's first step"" while pulling self up, employee felt a pain in employee's left shoulder.

INJURED WAS TRAVELING TO SECTION ON A LIL MAC THREE WHEELER WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING EE ON THE UPPER PART OF EE'S BODY. EE SUFFERED A LACERATION BESIDE EE'S LEFT EYE, REQUIRING 8 STITCHES. A CT\SCAN WAS DONE AND FOUND NO OTHER INJURIES.

Removing and cleaning build up from inside walls of dryer crusher using high pressure water. The cleaning was being done from elevated outside cleanout ports. Due to build up on bottom of vessel opening and with limited access to this area men began cleaning from below bottom opening. Material buildup on vessel broke loose during operation and struck men causing bodily injury.

EE was cutting bushings out of the pan in a continuous miner. EE removed cutting glasses. Another employee then began striking the bushing causing a fragment to fly up and strike EE in the right eye.

On 1/3/2016 the employee was lifting a bucket of tools off the skip. EE felt a pain in EE's left shoulder blade. The employee was taken to the doctor and released. On 2/3/2016 the employee did not report to work because of the pain making this injury a lost time.

EE states that on an unknown day in January 2016, EE pulling on a tire that was ""laced"" with other tires. EE described a pop of crack sound coming from lower back, and subsequent back pain that extends down EE's left leg. A doctor has excused EE from work until 6/2/16. EE reported the injury on 4/26/16.

While stepping out of cab of haul truck, employee felt pain to left knee

Employee states that they slipped in the parking lot while plugging in their personal vehicle block heater prior to their shift starting. EE stated that they caught themselves and did not fall, reported to the medics with lower back pain. Employee was sent to the E.R. for further evaluation and was given restrictions.

Two employees checking wear plates on crusher chute in sub-zero temperatures. Inspection doors on chute were frozen shut. EE attempting to open door latches with hammer fell from a kneeling position landing on shoulder and head causing fractures and lacerations.

Employee slipped on ice while climbing down from a loader. EE caught self with EE's arm and felt a pull in EE's shoulder.

Dislocated left shoulder when repositioning body, while kneeling, employee was cleaning ESP #2. Employee stated that shoulder has been dislocated previously from participation in athletics.

While returning from the break room to EE's haul truck, the employee's right foot slipped on a small patch of snow covered ice and fell.

On 01/28/2016 employee stated was carrying a bag of rock dust on right shoulder, the employee was walking and stepped into a rut causing EE to twist right knee. On 10/19/2016 employee had to have surgery on right knee to repair a torn meniscus. This incident didn't become reportable until 10/19/2016. This incident is being report Lost Time Incident.

EE was walking an incline, slipped on metal grating and taken to onsite medical facility and returned to work without restrictions. Due to ongoing additional medical evaluations and investigations, this injury was determined to be work related on 2/8/16.

On 1/27 an employee was closing the gate on a hopper when a piece of frozen material fell on the inside of the tank and jammed the door open. The piece of material prevented the wheel from turning freely causing the employee to twist shoulder. This resulted in a sprained shoulder.

While lifting a roller associated with a conveyor the employee injured EE's back.

EE was using hydraulic equipment when the wrong function was activated causing the hammer to extend instead of swing, EE pinched right hand between the hammerhead and controls, EE went to ER. EE had a broken hand and received 4 stitches. Determined to be Reportable to MSHA on 02/05/16.

On 1/26 a maintenance employee was transporting an oxygen bottle using a dolly. The dolly shifted away from the employee and EE grabbed a handrail with one hand and the dolly with the other to try and stabilize the dolly. This caused EE to feel discomfort in lower abdomen. EE was diagnosed with a hernia.

Employee was climbing a ladder and somehow missed gripping the ladder with EE's right hand about 5 feet up. EE fell from ladder but landed on feet at ground level. EE's right foot actually landed on another employee's foot causing EE's to roll and break at the ankle area.

Re-installing hydraulic motor on power screen with the assistance of another employee. Miner felt some pain in shoulder and sought medical attention. Miner was given 2 days off before returning to work.

Employee was using a sledge hammer to remove a pin from a hydraulic breaker arm. On a back swing, employee felt pull in right shoulder. EE sought medical treatment and has now been referred to physical therapy.

Getting out of parked front end loader and slipped on icy ground, trying to catch balance and twisted right knee.

When EE's left foot stepped from the ladder onto the surface it slipped from the ladder to a cleat in the walkway. The EE was able to catch self with EE's right arm by hanging onto a ladder rung. The EE felt strain in shoulder and knee but continued working. Asked to see a doctor on 2/4/2106 at which time EE was placed on restriction

Operator was coming down from HT and EE's right foot slipped off the rung of the flexible ladder and EE fell to the ground, landing on EE's right foot.

On 1-25-16 the employee received medical treatment for a L-wrist fracture and lost time from work. The employee, while descending a loader, missed the last step and fell backwards onto the ground.

Employee was operating a Cat 740B haul truck engaged in stripping activities. While traveling West, down a grade, empty, the truck veered off the right edge of the roadway causing it to slide and then overturn. The employee had severe lacerations above the left eye and behind the left ear. The truck sustained severe damage to the left side.

Employee was carrying a small piece of stone and slipped on the ice. EE did not fall but in struggling to keep balance, ee strained groin and abdominal muscles resulting in a hernia requiring surgery.

Employee was standing in back of a coal car taking down ventilation tube. Employee slipped and fell in back of the coal car with the ventilation tube landing on the employee torso.

Employee was picking up hollow core cinder blocks from a pallet of blocks, as employee was lifting, they twisted and felt pain in their back. Employee was placed on restricted duty.

While exiting the 416 haul truck the employee fell from the mounting ladder onto right arm. causing a hairline fracture to right forearm.

Employee was going to reset the metal detector at the scrubber stone plant. As EE was walking through the quarry EE slipped on snow hurting EE's left foot. For clarification, this was NOT a walkway or travelway. EE stepped in fresh snow and slipped - felt pain in EE's foot.

Employee was adjusting saw wire on stone block EE was setting up to saw. In the process EE slipped and fell breaking EE's left wrist. EE was taken to the hospital for treatment. EE was sent home the morning of the accident. EE returned to the hospital on 1/22/2016 for out patient surgery to install pins in EE's wrist. EE returned home the same day.

Employee was grinding on a conveyor belt splice. Employee finished EE's shift, and the next day reported pain in EE's right eye. Subsequently the employee was taken to the doctor, and a piece of metal shaving was removed from EE's right eye. Employee was wearing safety glasses, but was not wearing a face shield.

The operator was accessing a covered conveyor to replace rollers. While going from one side of the covered conveyor to the other, the operator felt a sharp burning pain in EE's right knee. The operator felt pain the rest of EE's shift and visited the doctor immediately after EE's shift.

Employee was pulling miner cable slack. A shuttle car came around the corner catching EE's left ankle between the shuttle car and a small rock.

While lifting a 20# LP Tank the individual felt a pain in the lower back region. This individual was then suffering from a lower back strain.

Employee states that EE was building cribs when EE slipped on some rock, twisted knee and felt pain. EE's first day away from work was 01/25/16.

EE was re positioning a stop rail, as EE picked it up EE felt a pop in left wrist. Evaluated by MD on 1-16-2016 and put on restricted duty.

Employee was pushing stone through the chopper and strained left shoulder.

Employee was working in the SAG Mill changing lifters and liners. Employee was lifting a Sag Mill lifter and felt sharp pain in EE's lower back. Employee was taken to receive medical care/evaluation 01/14/2016. Received notice 01/20/2016 that employee is unable to return to work at this time.

Loader operator was manually dislodging a stone that had rolled over the bucket and wedged between the bell crank and loader arm.

EE had surgery to repair an elbow tendon tare on 1/14/16 for an incident that occurred in March of 2014. EE believed the injury to be minor at the time and did not seek treatment or report to EHS. EE reported the incident in July of 2015 and a WC claim was filed. Ins. Co. investigated the claim and accepted claim in Dec of 2015 scheduling surgery on 1/14/16. Expect 10-14 LTD.

Cutting skirt rubber from old conveyor belt. Tripped and fell.

Ergonomic misalignment while accessing the bottom of a rail car

Employee suspects to have re-aggravated EE's back while operating the loader all day the prior to seeking medical treatment. EE cannot identify what or when EE's injury occurred.

Employee was trying to move a rock off of a shuttle car cable and while doing so employee slipped on another rock causing employee to stumble and twist employee's left knee.

Miner struck left thumb with a brick hammer, fracturing the bone under left thumb nail. EE is on restricted light duty.

A mobile jib crane was being used to lift a piece of grating. When the grating did not move the crane was readjusted while still attached and under pressure. The grating cross bar failed and caused the chain assembly and crane arm to strike the EE in the face. EE was treated by MD and taken off work.

Employees were opening the metal door on a chain bucket, when the injured got latch unhooked EE headed to go help the other person unhook their latch. The door was on the down grade side of the cross cut and the employee was standing in front of it when it opened unexpectedly falling on EE's foot.

Employee was cleaning up and getting ready to put tools away after fixing a horizontal pin. Employee was carrying an impact wrench and tripped and fell with the impact wrench and hitting the shield toes. Causing fracture to left thumb.

The IE was in #10 entry to wash the rock dust out of the bed of a coal hauler. EE squatted down to pick up a water hose. As EE stood up EE turned to their left twisting and pushing off the right knee. During this motion EE felt something pop in their right knee. This incident resulted in a torn meniscus. The incident occurred on 01/12/2016. IE started missing work on 01/20/2016.

The injured was unloading C-Channel from a Dapco trailer and lost grip of the metal while moving it. The C-Channel landed on the top of right foot causing a fracture.

Employee said EE was sitting on the battery end of a scoop. While dismounting EE said their foot slipped off the steering jack. EE said they fell and caught themselves with their left arm injuring EE's left shoulder. Employee began missing work on 3/21/2016.

Employee was walking up a rampway at overcast location. Employee had left hand on hand rail and carrying shovel with right arm. As employee was walking, slipped and fell on shoulder causing dislocation of shoulder. Employee has been placed on restricted duty.

A spring was being installed on the wet deck when it broke striking the employee in the hand wrist area causing a sprained thumb.

Victim walked over a bank & picked up water hose. As EE was coming up the embankment another man opened the valve. The pressure caused the hose to jerk EE around and fell over the bank. Tore left bicep.

During a heavy snow fall, employee slipped walking to the maintenance shop.

Employee was walking across the employee parking lot to the maintenance truck and slipped on a patch of ice and fell to the ground. A fresh snow fall had covered some icy patches.

While splitting stone with hydraulic stone cutter, operator lowered the splitting head. The injured person did not remove hand from cutting area in time. This resulted in the tip of finger being cut off.

Employee stated after T bar was set, EE walked forward to swing boom outward to install EE's rib bolt. A piece of draw rock 6'L X 3'W X 2""T fell on EE's back forcing EE to the ground. Once EE caught self with EE's hands, the rock slid down EE's back striking EE's right hand causing bruising. Employee was transported to doctor for X-rays which were negative for any fractures.

On 1/6/2016 the employee was lifting a soft start motor starter out of the starter cabinet of D-4 start panel. As EE was lifting the soft start EE felt a pain in EE's groin area. The employee was diagnosed with a hernia and had surgery on 3/1/2016 making this a lost time.

Equipment was locked out while employees were flushing ice from sand screw. Later employee rolled the vee belts backward to unplug east screw. Sand screw motor was energized. Vee belts pulled employee's hand into belt guard, cutting EE's hand & breaking 2 fingers. Employees had removed their locks to bump the equipment when this occurred.

Operating 744 loader, cleaning dump site, stockpiling and loading trucks.

Operator was performing pre-use inspection on Telehandler. EE was exiting the cab while holding the steering wheel and door handle bar, lost EE's footing, and caught self with EE's right arm that was still holding on to the steering wheel. When EE did, EE put all EE's weight on EE's right arm/shoulder.

Bolter operator was drilling gas hole and had 2 5' augers in the roof. EE lowered drill head to install 3rd auger and continue drilling. When EE lowered it the second auger came out of the roof striking roof bolter operator on the right index finger. EE was transported to ER for Treatment.

While using a jack, the handle slipped and struck the right side of the employees face causing a laceration, black eye, and concussion. Employee was transported to the Emergency room for treatment.

Employee rolled their ankle on a rock while cleaning rock off the belt that feeds Mill 5.

The employee was descending a fixed ladder in the Waste Water Treatment Building when one foot slipped off the ladder rung resulting in a strain to the right shoulder after the incident. The employee was seen at Work Fit Medical on 2/1/2016 and was put on restricted duty for the right shoulder.

Argos disputes that a Lube Tech suffered an occupational injury at the facility and further disputes that ee suffered an occupational injury that was reportable under Part 50.20. Since ee claims ee slipped and fell injuring shoulder and back, and since ee has been temporarily assigned to light duty, Argos submits this 7000-1 form to avoid the potential issuance of a citation.

Employee stated ee felt a pain in back while climbing ladder getting into haul truck

On 1/15/16 EE was helping install a return roller. EE crawled under the conveyor and turned to push up on the roller. When EE turned EE felt a sharp pain in EE's lower back. EE reported it to EE's supervisor. EE had no further complaints of pain until 1/29/16 which followed shoveling spillage on 1/28/16. EE was taken to the doctor and diagnosed with a lumbar sprain on 1/29/16.

Employee crouched on one knee cutting a recoil spring. Spring popped causing employee to jump back on left foot spraining foot.

Injured right forearm while shoveling.

Employee had stepped up on stack of plywood and over on stack of 2x10s to pull down 2x4s. Employee misgauged EE's step while stepping backwards and fell down 29"" landing on EE's feet and slipping falling on stack of plywood. EE worked the following day. EE was taken to see company doctor and place on restrictions January 25.

EE reported a muscle strain to EE's left shoulder while transferring steel parts from one pallet to another on 28JAN16 but declined medical evaluation or attention at that time. On 16FEB16 the EE requested to be medically evaluated for the strain. EE was taken the Dr., diagnosed with a ""Should Sprain"" and returned to duty with lift restrictions making this case MSHA reportable.

Employee was watering batteries and had the lid held up with a rope hanger. Another employee working on the other side closed the lid and the hanger came loose and the lid fell and hit EE's right hand resulting in a fracture to a bone in the top of the hand.

When exiting loader turned around and bumped elbow on door. Caused contusion to left elbow

Employee felt pain in EE's left shoulder while working at the rock picking station. Employee reported on 1/28/16 but did not request medical treatment. The employee requested medical evaluation on 3/22/16 and was placed on restricted duty.

Employee was cutting bands on screen wire. Band came back and cut left hand. The reason for the delay in reporting was completion of the accident investigation. EE had micro surgery on February 4, 2016 and became reportable at that time. EE did not miss any work. EE is currently on restricted duty.

While installing a 2400R35 on Cat 775. EE was prying back the Rim flange with a 90 degree tire bar. The flange was rusted to the hub and EE was having a difficult time prying the flange loose. EE pushed with all of EE's might and strained EE's left shoulder.

Employee was at Skyline Materials working on a 966G. EE had pulled the cab off so EE could replace the shift solenoid and speed sensors. EE was down on EE's knees working when EE's right knee slipped on one of the hoses causing EE to hit EE's knee on the head of the bolt that holds the top center pin in. EE's knee has been hurting and swelling from EE's knee down to EE's ankle.

Emp was holding cage door on the bottom deck of #5 shaft mancage. Another emp was prying on the bottom of it to lift the door out of its hinges. The emp strained back when the door was dislodged from the hinges. Emp stated they did not want to see a dr at time of injury. On 3/28/2016 emp requested to see dr and was placed on restrictions for a strain to right shoulder.

A Dragline operator suffered a sprain to left knee while traveling by foot. The injured miner exited the Dragline and was walking to a pickup truck when EE stepped on rock causing EE to twist knee resulting in the injury.

Employee picked up sample from the back of a pick-up truck, extended left arm to sit the sample on the dock at which point EE's shoulder ""popped"". At this time pain is not such that employee wishes to seek medical attention. Over time employee stated EE is beginning to have issues with shoulder. EE is now on restricted duty as a result of Dr. visit on 6/8/16

EE was helping other EE's move an electric motor from it's base. After completing the task, the injured EE felt tightness in EE's shoulder.

We had about 1 inch of snow on the ground. The maintenance crew drug a piece of metal across the snow, which packed the snow down tight. When employee crossed the path where the metal had been dragged EE slipped and landed on elbow.

Employee right pinky finger was caught in pinch point of roller and rail, sustaining avulsion of a portion of the pad of the finger. Medical procedure was required to enclose wound with remaining tissue.

Employee was using a sawzall to cut hilti bolts off. Employee had a reverse grip on the saw and employee's little finger on employee's left hand was pinched in the sawzall.

In the process of a rig move, a rolled up 1"" hose was ready for move and an employee had tripped over it and fell to the ground (same level) striking EE's right arm on the ground breaking EE's right elbow.

Employee informed EE's Supervisor that EE would be moving slowly while working. The Supervisor asked why EE would be moving slowly and EE told EE's Supervisor EE bent over to lift a box from the floor and felt a pop in EE's lower back and that EE's right leg went numb. When asked if EE needed medical attention the employee stated no, EE would be fine.

An Employee was hammering a small scaffold bar from between 2 steel beams. As the bar moved from between the beams Employee's hand slid in and the beam fell 3"" onto right hand. Another employee came and helped move the beam, to free hand.

Employee tripped on an elevated piece of the roadway. The asphalt had recently been removed due to trenching work that was done. Back fill had eroded away due to high winds causing an approximate 2-inch elevation change in the walking surface. Taken to ER, has fracture to right shoulder. Given prescription meds and placed on restrictions. Surgery pending.

On 1/24/2016, an employee was performing clean-up activities and felt pain in shoulder. The employee reported the injury on 1/26/2016.

Employee was removing a vibrator from a railcar when EE felt pain in EE's right shoulder and neck.

Employee was pulling an MCC Starter bucket and forgot to unscrew one securing screw. When employee tried to pull bucket ee strained neck and shoulder. Employee did not report until ee saw doctor because ee had other issues with back and neck that may had been the problem

Lime silo 4-inch port cap blew off chute between lime silo and feeder causing lime to flow out which got into employee's eyes underneath safety glasses. Employee treated at ER resulting in Rx eye drops and restricted work duty.

Dozer operator felt pop in EE's back while operating D8 dozer. No unusual circumstances.

Employee went to step on to a bulk truck EE was loading and missed the last step of the safety cage causing EE to lose balance and fall on to EE's left shoulder.

Employee was working at the sacker #1. EE took a step toward the pallet with a full 50 lbs. sack in hand. Placing a bag requires stepping toward the sacker rotating EE's body approximately 90 degrees clockwise. Employee states that as EE planted in right foot EE got a sharp pain in EE's lower back and it ran to EE's thigh (the glute and hamstring).

The miner was operating the excavator. The boom came into the cab contacting the operator.

Employee sustained a left foot fracture when ee fell to the ground after cleaning exterior windows of a control room tower. Fracture was diagnosed on 2/1/2016; ee reported the injury as left foot sprain only on 1/22/2016 & did not seek medical attention. EE was terminated after completing a full incident review for willful disregard of safety & violation of fall protection.

Injured was attempting to unplug a stone chute with a bar when EE pinched finger causing fracture.

Strained hip trying to move a portable lighting tower to stabilize it. Worker decided to seek medical attention on 1/25/2016.

An employee was dismounting the haul truck when EE stepped wrong onto the ground and felt pain in foot.

Employee was walking down a flight of stairs wearing cleated over boots when EE lost their footing. The stairs were made of a perforated grating for grip. The cleat caught in the grating and EE's momentum caused EE to lose footing. EE hit the bottom but said was ok. EE was sent to the clinic as a precaution. EE was given a 25 lifting restriction until 2/2/2015.

Two maintenance employees were sent to check for high emissions on the finish mill 2 sweep dust collector. One employee pried open the compartment lid with a pinch bar. The other employee reached for the lid when the pinch bar slipped and that caused the lid to fall. This pinched and cut the employees left middle finger.

While walking to Bobcat ATV the employee slipped on a small patch of ice and fell to the ground. The resulting injury was a minor sprain to the associate's left wrist. Light restrictions were prescribed as a result.

Employee was walking to clean out equipment and made a sudden turn. Employee heard a pop and employee's left knee causing employee severe pain.

The injured was greasing head pins on the company #13 miner and lost footing and landed on left shoulder. On 2/26/16 the injured was given restrictions for left shoulder by a doctor.

Employee twisted left knee removing a door on the ground floor level.

Employee was in Area 345 inspecting #31 precip airlift when drop of caustic dripped and landed on employee forehead. When EE tilted EE's head forward, the caustic ran down inside the top of EE's goggles into EE's left eye. Medical evaluation resulted in prescription medications.

Employee was removing ice from their car after work in the parking lot. As they walked around the back of car they slipped. They felt pain in left arm but didn't think much of it. At home their arm started to swell & they told their boss but still didn't think there was anything wrong. When the swelling didn't go down they decided to go to the ER & an X-ray showed a broken arm.

Employee was delivering a small sample bottle of sand to the lab and was descending the stairs at the end of the D5 conveyor when EE heard and felt a pop in EE's right knee.

EE was helping change out the #3 spray tower pump. EE was using a 36"" inch aluminum pipe wrench and was pulling it toward EE's body to loosen the nut and EE felt a sharp pain in lower back.

Employee was in the process of aligning the bolt hole with a spud tool to install a bolt when the beam rolled and mashed right thumb between the spud tool and the flange of the beam.

The miner was helping install bolts on equipment and felt a pull in EE's chest. EE reported the incident but thought EE was ok so no doc visit. Monday EE still had pain so went to doc. The doc was not sure if it was a pulled muscle or something else that just showed up when pulling on the wrench. EE was released for light duty until final determination.

Employee stepped off the scale and slipped on ice. Fell to the ground and twisted left ankle. Resulted in left distal fibula fracture.

Climbing down from screen and hit left elbow on gear box.

Employee was climbing down a ladder, near the end of EE's descent EE's foot slipped off the ladders rung causing EE to twist EE's ankle.

Employee was attempting to seat a valve on a diverting plate by striking it with a hammer. EE missed intended target and EE's hand struck an adjacent piece of metal lacerating the pinky finger requiring 3 stitches.

While working employee expressed severe pain in the groin area.

Employee slipped on ice and fell to the ground.

Employee held shop door open for supervisor to exit (supervisor was carrying oil). Employee then exited and caught right index finger between door and frame on the hinge side (the door swings in).

EE was checking radiator on excavator when the hinge broke and the hood fell, hitting EE on left shoulder blade.

While moving sample bucks from the sample collection area, an employee felt a pop and pain on the left shoulder.

Employee was turning a pallet on a flatbed to unload it and finger tip was pinched between a metal plate and the pallet. Employee suffered a cut to left middle finger and required a few stitches.

While employee was fitting a vertical wear plate on the wall of the rear re-crush feeder box assembly, the upper corner of the wear plate became lodged on one side. As the employee tried to free the stuck plate and while doing so the plate dislodged and crushed finger.

Trimming belt fingers, knife slipped and cut left thumb through glove

Employee was removing a hydraulic filter with a wrench when EE strained lower back, causing a lumbar strain.

Mechanic had removed a flat tire from a Western Star tractor and while rolling it to the repair rack lost control and dropped flat on the floor. EE then asked another mechanic to help stand the tire back up. As the two mechanics up-righted tire the steel wheel dropped out of the tire hitting EE on the top of left foot just above the steel toes of work boots

Employee felt low back pain while cutting weights from a filter cloth.

The injured was in process of building a crib. When a crib block was handed to EE, EE lost grip of the crib block dropping it. When EE attempted to catch the crib block EE's pinky finger was smashed against another crib block resulting in a fractured finger.

An employee was looking up holding a tagline for a load when EE stepped into a hole, causing EE to bump EE's knee.

Employee was in a squatting position underneath Rotary Kiln #1, at Pier #5, picking up tools after maintenance job was completed. As employee was starting to stand up, employee felt popping sensation and pain in right knee.

Driver was trying to hurry to get back to truck, slipped on wet clay and struck knee on the ground.

Employee was stockpiling material at Plant 2 when EE decided on their own to try a different route. The short cut had a rut/ditch that EE forgot about the resulted in truck damage and hit EE's face/head on the steering wheel. Employee is being disciplined.

On 1/14/2016 Mechanic sustained a puncture wound from a fractured piece of metal after striking a crusher hammer with a sledge hammer. Employee taken to doctor and released to Full Duty, No Restrictions. On 1/29/2016, the employee was taken to doctor for follow up and placed on restricted duty, No heavy lifting. On 1/29/2016 this injury became a reportable injury

An employee was climbing onto the equipment at the start of shift and felt a pop in elbow.

Employee had just left car and was walking across the parking lot when ee slipped and fell causing ee to strain left knee.

Employee was fueling a bulldozer and whilst dismounting slipped off the tracks and hit the ground. EE's head hit the bowl of an adjacent piece of equipment.

While removing the motor frame and the motor for repair, the employee struck EE's left elbow on the frame of the tower.

The employee was feeding a portable impactor crusher with an excavator. A liner plate broke free inside the crusher and was shattered by the rotor. A small piece was ejected through the chain and rubber curtain at the feed opening and through the windshield of the excavator striking the employee's left hand.

On 1/12/16 employee was cleaning up a material spill. EE thought EE had pulled a muscle in EE's stomach. Employee reported the injury to EE's shift supervisor. However, the supervisor did not report the injury to the plant manager. On 1/25/16 employee went to EE's primary doctor. The doctor informed the employee that EE had a hernia.

EMPLOYEE WAS COMING DOWNSTAIRS FROM TOP OF #1 SPRAY DRYER SILO WHEN EE FELT A CATCH IN MIDDLE LOWER BACK.

Employee was stepping off of an excavator and slipped on the ice. EE hurt right ankle.

Employee slipped on black ice and twisted EE's left ankle.

On 1/12/2016, an employee reported pain in lower back throughout the shift. On 1/13/2016, the employee was evaluated, the employee was on scheduled days off until 1/21/2016 at which time EE was re-evaluated and given restrictions that would prevent EE from performing normal job.

Team member pulling 7/8 inch steel cable and strained right arm and shoulder. Team member was placed on restrictive work functions by medical personnel.

EE began EE's shift at 3:30 p.m. on 1/11/16. Performing normal duties under normal conditions. EE started out shrink wrapping material. Then EE was going to begin loading rock dust into bags. EE bent over to pick up an empty bag, when EE said EE felt a pop/pull in EE's groin.

Operator was carrying a plastic shroud to wrap a finished 1000 lb big bag of product. The Operator stepped on the bottom edge of the shroud and fell face first to the same level. The operator put EE's hands out to break the fall and EE's right hand contacted the concrete floor, resulting in a laceration of the palm and a fracture of the 5th metacarpal bone.

Employee had positioned self laying across a belly pan to work on the coolant hose. EE finished the job and noticed discomfort and pain in left lower back.

Employee was loading wire into the back of a truck, the wire caught on an obstruction causing it to spring back. The wire struck the employee's right pinky finger. Causing an oblique fracture to the right pinky finger. Currently the employee is working on restricted duty.

Employee was lancing off the tail pulley, lance caught in the tail pully and glove caught on the air lance and pulled hand into the guard. Broke and lacerated the little finger on employee's left hand.

EE was reaching under a truck and felt a pop on the inside of right elbow. EE did not want medical treatment and finished shift. On 1/21/16 EE called HR and requested medical treatment. EE was scheduled for a Dr. appointment on 1/25/16 and has restrictions. This was filed with MSHA on 1/26/16.

The employee was opening the door #3 on the electrostatic precipitator when ee felt a pain in right arm bicep area.

Ee was attempting to free a pipe elbow from dried cement. EE bent over and twisted and felt a twinge in EE's back. EE was seen at the ER, diagnosed with sciatica, and released to full duty. On follow up on 01/12/16, EE was released with restrictions.

Employee was measuring liquids at additive tanks to provide measurements to a coworker. While descending a 5-step stairway to exit the area, the employee fell to the grass, fracturing the medial cuneiform of the left foot and minor abrasion on the left knee. NOTE: Employee has not missed any time from work but is currently working on restricted activity.

Employee stated EE was attempting to straighten and align a roof bolt into the drill pot chuck using both hands. When EE tried to straighten the bolt, it suddenly spun around causing EE to awkwardly lunge forward. This sudden motion caused a sharp pain in EE's right shoulder. Employee was transported to the doctor where X rays indicated negative for any fractures.

The employee stepped in the mud and twisted to the right. The employee felt sharp pain in knee.

While swinging the 103 hoist crane around with a load on the hoist, EE was pulling from a rope and co-worker was assisting to swing the crane by pulling from the hoist chain. The rope broke. EE fell backwards onto the Nordberg crusher. Adjustment ran. EE fractured left side ribs.

A piece of anvil broke loose impacting EE leg; requiring 4 stitches; when EE struck the anvil to be removed with an 8 pound sledge hammer.

Service Technician was in the shop removing bolts from a track roller on a mining shovel. EE's finger got caught between the handle of the air torque wrench and the ground, breaking EE's middle finger on EE's left hand.

Undermining high wall in pit. Overhanging material broke loose.

Employee traveled to #6 Right of West Mains to check #6 pump. EE traveled through a mandoor and crouched down due to the low cavity height. The walkway had ruts from equipment EE stepped on the peak of a rut spraining EE's right knee. EE worked regular duties/shift and had surgery to repair meniscus on 8/18/2016. EE returned on EE's next scheduled shift on restricted duty.

Employee was driving a haul truck when EE hit a bump and EE's seat bottomed out. EE worked through the shift and came in the next day but the pain worsened and EE left four hours into the shift to see a physician. EE was diagnosed with a back sprain.

Employee was moving bike racks from under railroad belts. When EE got back into sweeper to sweep under belts EE noticed a sharp pain in lower back.

Employee was removing chutes from the twin screw area preparing for its removal and replacement. EE was moving a section of a chute that was cut off; it was suspended by a 1-1/2 ton chain hoist. As EE was lowering the chute EE grabbed the bottom of it with right hand to guide it in place. The chute swung left and pinched EE's right middle finger.

Cutting a plastic zip tie from the fire extinguisher with a utility knife, knife slipped cutting EE's left hand.

Initial injury occurred on 6 Jan 2016 and not reported to operator supervisor until 11 Jan 2016 after employee felt they needed to see physician for groin pain. Individual was removing sand from work area with a large shovel on main floor of 320 silo when initial discomfort was noticed. After the 5 days, the individual felt they needed to visit doctor.

Employees were removing chute work below the #7 screen. While supporting the chute with a boom truck the hardware was removed from flanges to split the chute at a joint. After removing the hardware a hammer was used to strike the chute to dislodge it. When the chute came apart it shifted to one side breaking through a hand rail and striking the employee on the right foot.

Employee exited shower, while getting dressed, inadvertently kicked bench in locker room.

Employee was removing a lower air slide from under hopper when it slipped and fell onto EE's hand smashing it between the air slide and pipe below.

ee was walking down walkway and pant leg of Tyvek suit got caught on a piece of angle iron causing EE to fall and received a 1 inch laceration to left knee

Employee was stepping down from a Haul Truck and sprained EE's ankle.

Employee was operating the 23RTD when EE felt pain in back.

Employee climbed on excavator and operated it for approx 3 hrs & when EE climbed off EE felt pain in lower center to right of back. EE thought it was just stiff from operation of excavator but has gotten worse over the last 3 days.

While exiting EE's cab a driller felt a pop in EE's knee when EE's foot hit the ground.

Employee was working on the Libby screen holding a bolt, lost footing and rolled left ankle

Shooting out coating in the Calciner Loop duct, Day was windy and dust got in Left eye.

Employee was leaning into the engine bay (beneath the hood) working on the engine. When EE let self down to the floor EE twisted knee.

Haul truck operator strained back while lifting dump lever in haul truck.

The drill helper grabbed a rotating drill steel with EE's Left hand and became entangled in the drill steel. The employee was unsure why EE grabbed the steel. All work was stopped and emergency care was provided to the employee.

Employee was helping pull a breaker out of a panel when the bucket release became stuck and employee jerked upward and strained employee's back. employee was checked out at clinic and returned to full duty.

The employee pinched right thumb between two pieces of 4"" HDPE pipe while preparing the load for transport.

Employee overexerted self as EE was trying to pull a broken piece of cable socket out of a hoist drum. On June 2, 2016, employee was diagnosed with left shoulder cuff tendonitis, left bicipital tendonitis and lateral epicondylitis. Employee is participating in physical therapy and a home exercise program.

Employee was using a cutting torch when a small piece of slag landed in ear canal causing a small burn, slag was removed by a physician at a local clinic.

Injured employee was tightening bolts with the wrench overhead. The bolt shaft broke as pressure was applied striking the employee in the mouth

Working on mine 2 head - lifting gear

Employee was chipping slag with a jitter bug. a piece of slag shot up and burned the area between the bridge of the nose and the left eye.

While wheeling a 5"" roller into place for as a replacement part for a belt press the roller came off the cart causing the individuals finger to be caught between the roller and floor grating. The individual suffered a break in the middle finger.

Employee was standing on ground, attempting to put on insulated coveralls. Foot slipped on snow/ice and EE fell landing on back and hip. Bruised hip, sore lower back.

Employee's right middle finger was pinched between the wrench of an air powered torque multiplier and an adjacent bolt head. The injured employee was holding the tool in place and told EE's buddy to go ahead and activate the tool. When EE did the wrench slipped and pinched the finger.

Employee was grinding on a six inch piece of steel pipe. Employee got a piece of metal in right eye. Employee was wearing proper safety protection. The conditions were very windy.

Employee was working on the underside of the sand when the wrench ee was using slipped and hit ee on the left side of mouth chipping a upper left tooth and cutting lip.

While driving the manlift into the pit, the manlift started coasting fast & veered off to the right. Driver overcorrected & the manlift came to an abrupt stop by hitting a snow bank next to a berm, throwing employee against the basket rail. EE then felt what EE thought may be a sprain in EE's wrist, yet continued working.

Employee was doing crusher clean up and EE turned on overhead fan. The switch to the fan was located over EE's head and while EE looked up to flip the switch, some material from the fan flew down into eyes.

Employee was using a razor knife to cut a piece of rubber for a screen and it slipped cutting EE's left hand.

While transferring cement sacks from one pallet to the next, employee felt a pain in left hip

An employee tripped while walking across the deck of the haul truck and struck the fire extinguisher resulting in a laceration to the chin.

EE stated EE was grinding metal pipe on 1/28/16. Employee made no report of injury on 1/28/16, but went to emergency room around 7:00 pm on 1/28/16, where a metal shaving was removed from EE's eye. EE was also seen by opthamologist on 1/29/16. EE made a report of injury to supervisor on 1/29/16.

While removing a zip tie with a pocket knife, the knife slipped and cut the employee's finger.

Employee was in the process of assisting in removing loader bucket hardware on a 988K loader. Employee reached under the bucket to push the bolt up as another employee spun the bolt. This resulted in a laceration to right middle finger. (3 stitches)

Changing the battery of the plant generator,(11 degrees out). The wrench employee was using, slipped out of hands, hitting the battery causing it to arc and explode. Wearing safety glasses at the time. Battery acid splashed up and some went into right eye causing a chemical burn.

The wind blew a piece of metal into left eye while grinding. No lost time, full duty, no restrictions, prescribed antibiotic ointment

Cut right thigh with a utility knife. Fixing flashing on the scale conveyor knife slipped. Went to Rio Grande Hospital put in 9 stitches.

Right angle grinder was used to dress-up the edge of a steel plate roof repair when the wheel wedged between the plate and the supporting channel iron kicking back into the workers face resulting in ten stitches in cheek and six damaged teeth.

Reportable due to sutures. Employee was using a drill press to drill a hole in a metal plate when the drill bit caught the plate and mashed left ring finger.

Kesson and Kesson Inc. employed two temporary laborers to work at their Silica Crushing Plant on FMI Miami property. The two employees engaged in conversation which resulted into a physical altercation where the second employee struck the injured employee in the mouth, resulting in a laceration to IE's lower lip.

Using self-retracting cutting knife to cut tape off sealtite. Knife slipped cutting EE's palm.

Injured was preparing a roof bolter for transport. The canopy was being lowered when the cylinder released and caught EE's left thumb between the cylinder and canopy resulting in a fracture.

Employees were removing a coupling from a reducer shaft. As the coupling was being heated with a gas torch, a puller was being used to apply hydraulic pressure to the coupling. A piece of the coupling broke off and struck the employee that was holding the torch.

The Buckshot crew left the section on Company #714 track mounted mantrip. One of the section employees placed a used piece of drill steel on top of the mantrip. When the mantrip pulled through the section airlock doors, the steel caught the door and spun around striking the injured employee.

Load of excess metal was being moved by a fork truck. As the load began to rise, it shifted and came into contact with employee's lower back. This caused EE to fall forward into the shop wall where EE cut two of EE's fingers on a piece of metal as EE tried to regain EE's balance.

While washing down the plant, the operator had water spray come under the side of safety glasses. Operator wiped sandy water from eye, but a grain of sand got into left eye, causing an abrasion. Employee was taken to clinic where sand grain was removed. Antibiotic drops were prescribed and operator was released back to work with no restrictions.

Employee was moving shuttle car anchor and was letting down the slack that was hung by a rope hanger, the end of the rope hanger hook swung up hitting employee on the nose and when employee jerked head back the hook caught on the inside of nose resulting in 5 stitches, employee returned to work the next scheduled shift.

An employee was cutting off an old hose from an air grinder and the utility knife slipped resulting in a cut to EE's left first finger. EE received one stitch.

EE ""Independent Contractor"" was working on welder. Was checking for an antifreeze leak. Disabled guard & got finger too close to the fan blade on welder, cut finger.

Checking cooler grates for #3 kiln by opening access door at the same moment a puffing phenomenon related to fuel mix occurred, blowing fine dust under low pressure out this opening some of the dust got around glasses and irritated eyes ee reported this at about 11:00 AM no lost time or restrictions returned to work same day with sulfacetamide 10% Ophthalmic solution.

Miner was using a utility knife to cut the tip off tube of silicone and sliced thumb.

Employee was in the process of loading a round and was struck by a softball sized rock on the edge of hard hat and left side of face. Employee was sent to E.R. to be evaluated and received sutures.

While cutting into fast-vac hose, employee tried to pull the knife downward and cut the hose in a direction toward self when suddenly the knife pulled out of the hose and sliced across the top of EE's R thigh causing a laceration approximately 1 inch in length. It took 5 stitches to close the wound.

Employee was walking on ice when EE slipped and fell and EE's rt. wrist.

Employee was performing maintenance on car 123 and discovered a damaged brake cylinder, which was removed and placed in back of service truck. The employee +1 were removing the cylinder from the truck to dispose of it, it slipped and crushed the EEs finger between the brake cylinder and step of the service truck, resulting in facture of right pinky.

EE was cutting sheet metal when a sharp piece of rock fell between the screen wire striking EE on the nose.

EE WAS GRINDING EE WAS WEARING BOTH SAFETY GLASSES AND A FACESHIELD. EE FELT SOMETHING IN EE'S EYE AND RUBBED IT WITH EE'S HAND EE FLUSHED EE'S EYES FOR 15-20 MINUTES, WE DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING IN THERE BUT I TOOK EE TO HOSPITAL FOR WASH OUT. E.R SAID EE SCRATCHED EE'S EYE AND SENT EE BACK TO WORK. I BOUGHT EE SOME GOOD EYEDROPS EE IS FINE AND BACK TO WORK

Foreign object entered eye while pressure washing. Flushed eye out but still irritated the following day.

Employee was removing a bearing from a tire in a raw mill when bearing slipped and smashed left index and middle fingers.

Mechanic was tightening cutting edges bolts on RT022 with a 1"" impact. As EE was tightening a bolt, the impact slipped off of the nut and the side handle of the impact hit EE in the mouth, chipping EE's left front tooth

Employee was holding timber, another employee was using an axe to wedge timber in, the other EE hit the cap piece and the axe veered off and hit injured EE in the mouth.

Employee exited mantrip to throw track switch. Employee slipped on the track switch cover and fell. Employee stuck employee's arm out to break employee's fall and dislocated employee's left thumb.

Employee was moving the chocks on a radial stacker and was bumped by another employee who was operating the skid steer. Employee thought EE was OK but EE went to the doctor the next day and had a hairline fracture to one rib.

Working on a switch, employee got finger pinched between the switch throw and a replacement switch barrel that was laying beside the switch

Employee was descending the stairs coming out of plant 3 Operator's Station and lost footing and slipped. Reported the event to supervisor and refused medical treatment. Returned the following shift with swelling and bruising in lower back.

Employee states that they were building a stopping and while wedging the top block into place employee struck left thumb with a hammer that resulted in stitches.

While climbing ladder below another person, looked up to see if other person cleared ladder and material/dust fell in eye.

Employee attempted to catch fuel nozzle that fell and cut finger requiring stitches.

A sharp piece of rock fell out between the screen wire and struck EE in the face.

Employee's pry bar slipped letting right arm travel forward into cement panel. Right forearm was cut above glove where contact was made with concrete panel. Laceration required five (5) stitches.

Employee was getting some nails out of a box and left thumb come into contact with a discarded utility knife blade in the box and cut EE's thumb. 5 sutures were required

Calibrating weigh scales in DSI silo. Weights were being added to calibrate the scales / weights typically are not secured as it would add weight/ weight not being lifted/removed slipped off ledge falling onto employee's right foot.

EE was shutting metal doors. EE had closed the left hand door when the air pressure caught the right hand door and caught EE hand between the door. This caused a laceration on right hand requiring 4 stitches. EE released back to work all full capacity same day.

Was using a railroad jack to jack up a header. When EE was letting the header down the jack caught and the bar came up and hit EE in the chin. This resulted in a small laceration and a chipped bottom tooth.

Employee was shoveling sand spillage from tail pulley area of D1-C3 Dryer discharge conveyor. Employee turned to the left to dump a full shovel of material and felt a twinge in the lower back and could not straighten upright.

Employee was examining a return stopping and turned around to walk back to the section and caught employee's left shoulder/back area on the end of a monster mat that was bent down slightly.

EE was cutting a section of fabric to protect mine phone. As EE proceeded, the knife penetrated the fabric, cutting through EE's glove, resulting in a cut that required sutures.

On 1/19/16 the employee slipped on the ice and fell as they were leaving work at the end of their shift. On 1/25/16 the ee requested medical treatment as there was minimal improvement to their condition. The employee was seen by a medical provider and diagnosed with a fractured rib. The employee was given prescription medicine making this a reportable injury.

While installing shelves at the mechanic's shack, 2 square pieces of tubing, 6 ft. long, shifted causing the support brace to break and a piece of 1/4"" strap fell hitting EE in the mouth breaking EE's front tooth.

Employee raised up from crouched position and struck nose on part of beam structure. Physician sealed laceration with superglue and prescribed antibiotic.

Employee states EE was unhooking chain from scoop when some draw rock fell and hit finger which resulted in a fracture to the finger.

Loading scrap iron for offsite disposal. Big piece of metal hit EE's left ring finger. EE came in at 9:15 a.m. on 1/19/16, made a doctor's appointment at Seneca Family Practice. They said EE fractured left ring finger but will be able to return to work immediately.

Employee washed out bed of articulating truck in plant and did not lower bed as EE drove off the raised bed contacted the conveyor protection bridge causing the cab to lay over on its side.

The MT was using a 3/4"" pneumatic impact wrench to drive a 1-1/2"" socket for removal of flange bolts when the socket shattered. The MT could not locate a rated socket so made the decision to use a socket designed for hand use, resulting in the failure. The employee received and small laceration to EE's upper lip requiring 2 stitches.

The employee was filling a water tank and when EE slid the hose across the tank the valve came open and the pressure cause the hose to come up and hit EE in the mouth.

EE was disposing of waste pulp samples from the Haul Road Dust study. EE had been prepping samples all day and was disposing of the unused sample in the dumpster outside the Bucking Room. EE noticed fatigue in hands at the end of shift but admitted this was routine when completing this activity.

EE began to water lance bundle tubes. At approx. 2245 ee inserted the lance into the 3rd tube and the nozzle hydraulic backed due to material build-up causing the lance to exit tube EE was unable to release foot pedal & dump pressure on lance water jet went across EE's left hand causing a laceration. EE was taken to doctor where EE received medical treatment (stitches).

Employee was exiting a roof bolting machine when employee tripped and fell on employee's hand dislocating employee's left pinky finger.

Employee was knocking a stopping and hit employee's finger on a cinder block.

Injured worker was hooking up a drive shaft under a CAT 400 Haul Truck when they felt a ""pop"" right knee.

While the employee was doing regular duties EE's bicep tendon detached from forearm. This injury is the result of a degenerative condition found in mostly men from mid-thirties and older.

The employee was in their ram car being loaded at the miner when a piece of slate came off the miner tail and hit the employee in the shoulder and cheek.

While clearing out rock from the crusher the associate stepped on some rocks at an odd angle, spraining EE's right foot.