Mining Incidents in October 2016

A roof fall was discovered on this date. The fall was located on the 1-West Main at crosscut #12 in the #1 entry. The fall measured 20' by 25' and was 10' in thickness. The area was previously supported with 5' Hy-tech bolts and 12' cable bolts. Affected miners were removed from inby the location and the primary escapeway was re-routed.

There was a kink found in the hoist rope 6 feet from the slope car. The kink was removed and rope reentered into hoist car.

A roof fall occurred above the anchor point in the 4 West Return Air course at 18 crosscut. The fall does impede passage. The width of the fall is 16 feet wide and approximately 10 feet high. The length is unknown. The fall does not effect ventilation. No other 50.20 criteria applies.

A roof fall occurred above the anchor point in the 4 West Return Air course at 24 crosscut. The fall does impede passage. The width of the fall is 16 feet wide and approximately 10 feet high. The length is unknown. The fall does not effect ventilation. No other 50.20 criteria applies.

A fall of the roof occurred on the #4 unit (5th SW Panel), inby the unit loading point, #4 entry-face, crosscut 39 (intersection. The fall measured approximately 20' length, 15' width, & 8'-12' height.

Retreat mining on the #1 Section in the #1 Entry. Lifts 1 and 2 had been mined and while in the process of moving to the 3rd lift, a roof fall occurred. The fall blocked the #1 MRS.

The mill building passenger elevator stopped between the first and second floors with two employees inside. Employees were going to be stuck for more than thirty minutes; therefore, MSHA was called. The elevator contractor arrived on site, determined a control fuse had blown, replaced the fuse, and the employees were released. Total time in elevator approximately 1hr 17 min.

The fire boss on the owl shift discovered the fall at the start of the shift at approx..11:08 pm, called the mine foreman and the mine foreman called this in around 11:20 no equipment or personnel was involved in the fall. The fall is at 16 break on the 2 west belt.it is approx.. 18ft wide 40ft long and 7ft thick we are in the process of creating a clean up plan.

Unplanned roof fall in the B-Mains at 1 crosscut Inby spad #434. Fall occurred right above anchorage point, which was bolted with 6 FT. fully grouted resin bolts. At the time of the fall, due to being a weekend, the mine was idle.

While cleaning rock from expansion joints in shaft a rock struck wire on the buffers knocking it loose disabling the elevator.

Unplanned fall at 315 blk intersection 9 So. haulage. Approx. 28' by 21' by 11' high. Multiple slips in rubble, including small amounts of slicken-sided shale, and a large amount of white chalky/talc-like powder, that was very slick, allowing separation in rock strata above the anchorage. No problems with training, PPE, mining machines or compliance issues.

An unplanned roof fall has occurred at Cedar Grove Mains #4 entry 19-20 xcut that is approximately 6 1/2 feet high by 70 feet in length.

A roof fall occurred on the 10 Left section belt line on top of the section feeder. The fall was approximately 28'L x 16'W x 12'H. The area was bolted on 4'x 4' pattern with 8' Super-Twist primary bolts and two (2) 16' cable bolts spaced every 8'.

At approx. 4:00 pm an unintentional roof fall was discovered in the 3rd E Mains at XC 15 between the #4 and the #5 entries (1st South belt line). The fall was approx. 6-8' high, 20' in length and 19' wide.

A roof fall occurred in the #11 seam escapeway at crosscut #92. No injuries or ventilation short circuit occurred as a result of the roof fall.

The Bulk Explosive Truck (Unit 5556) had just been washed & parked on ready line with the engine shut down when a fire broke out in the engine compartment. The Engine compartment and cab were completely destroyed. The truck was not loaded at the time. Fire spread to a second Bulk Explosive truck (Unit 5555) parked adjacent to it destroying it also .

While a contractor was digging a ditch along an access road they contacted a underground conduit, causing a power bump that knocked out power to the #2 hoist. Three miners were stuck in the shaft for 6 hours.

Employee became stuck in the man elevator at the primary crusher. Employee was trapped in the elevator for approximately 1 hour and 23 minutes. Employee was released from the elevator at 3:03 a.m.

We had rope bolts, cribs in the area. Fault in roof.

An unintentional roof fall occurred outby the 001 MMU in the #3 entry in-between spad #'s 18483 and 18428. The fall measured 50' in length, 18-20' wide and approximately 6' in height. There were no injury or equipment involved with the fall.

At 10:30 pm on October 23rd, a roof fall occurred at the 1 North sump. The fall measured 60 feet long, entry width wide, and 8 to 10 feet high. The fall did not impede travel of miners or disrupt ventilation.

The small two man elevator went down at 5:00pm due to the bottom gate losing connection with the gate switch.

Brake pumps are not actuating in auto mode. Hoist down @ 0755, contacted MSHA @ 0808 ( contact name : / report # 00064522 ) hoist reported up @1005 to MSHA ( contact name : / report # 00064548 )

The surface high wall having connecting underground mine portal entries, failed to remain competent in solid form, resulting in rock strata breaking away directly over top of the No.6 mine portal entry and damaging two rows of permanent roof support, having been installed in the underground mine roof(s) immediate portal opening.

During non destructive inspection of the hoist rope it was found that the minimum diameter was below 6%. The hoist rope was changed.

approximately 2' of deteriorated black shale fell out in the area causing the bolts installed to fail, However the main roof was intact and sound. This area was mined in April, 2006.

Had power bump lost the power to the 1600 air doors one person could not open the man door due to high pressure agents the door the VR-1 Fan did not kick out therefore it took 2 people to open the man door. The main ramp was blocked so MSHA was notified

A coal smoker was discovered in an inactive pit area that would not be extinguished within 30 minutes.

An unintentional roof fall has occurred on the P1-1 Panel at the #15xc in the entries of 9 and 10. The fall was approximately 100 feet long by 17.5 wide.

IGNITION - Occurred on #2 Longwall (E-10 panel) while cutting bottom with tail gate drum at approx. shield 24. The flame was orange in color and went out immediately. Water was still applied to area with wash down hose for precaution.

Electricians could not get the MG set to operate properly. It was identified that the brake control stick was not properly positioned. The brake controller was repositioned and the system was reset.

At 0840 Company became aware of fall of ground beyond support, reported to MSHA hotline & field office at 0847. A verbal 103K order was issued at 1447. 10/20/16 inspector arrived at site, starting investigation. 10/21/16 remediation plan was developed & approved by Rocky Mtn. District & field office. 103K was terminated, company will update MSHA on the progress/completion of plan.

ROOF FALL - Occurred on E-6 Panel belt line of the longwall recovery. The rock fall was above the roof bolt anchorage and was approx. 17 feet wide and 20 feet long.

An unplanned roof fall was found and called out by the weekly examiner while traveling an airway with an MSHA inspector. This fall was found to be 80' long, 8' high, and 20' wide. This was in the examiner's normal route of travel.

A power outage was reported by the plant operator. Smoke was visible in NE Corner by east pond on property. It was determined the grass fire was caused by a downed electric line and area was secured; the fire dept and SW Rural Electric (SWRE)were called to the plant. SWRE secured the elec line and Fire Dept began to spray the flames. The fire was extinguished at 9:50 am.

IGNITION - Occurred on #2 Longwall (E-10 panel) while cutting bottom with tail gate drum located at approx. shields 33 and 34. The flame was orange in color, lasted about 20 seconds and was extinguished with water from wash down hose.

A roof fall occurred in the face of #9 entry inby spad +1740 on the #3 working section (Panel 30) No injuries or ventilation short circuit occurred as a result of the roof fall.

The hoist at #1 slope went down at 11:15 am with electrical problems. The hoist motor grounded out causing a PLC failure. The problem was repaired and the hoist was running at 12:40 pm.

An area in the 1 South Seal walkway was found to have a stone approximately 10'long, 4'wide and 4'thick. This was not above anchorage but the travelway was blocked temporarily.

While working in 1 South to correct a stone that had fallen in the walkway, the barometric pressure dropped drastically. The stone in the walkway was decreasing the amount of ventilation. The mine was evacuated due to a methane inundation in 1 South at 11:45 pm.

Bad roof conditions. We had installed several different supplemental supports. The roof fall partially covered the front ATRS of a Fletcher roof bolter.

Found an unintentional roof fall in the #4 belt entry at break #30 on the Back Mains.

On 10-13-16 a roof fall occurred above the anchorage point at the three way intersection of #1 entry east mains and #1 entry 6 North. The fall is about 20' in length and 20' in width. The height could not be determined but was in excess of 6'. The cause of the fall was weathering and a plan was submitted to remove this area as an active airway. No other part 50 criteria applies.

Employee inside elevator car when it stopped between floors. Repair service contacted and restored functionality allowing employee to exit car about 50 minutes later. Inspection found an MOI contact that stuck. MSHA notified using hotline, then later updated.

An employee was entrapped in the preheat tower elevator between the 3rd and 4th floor for approximately 1 hour. The employee was in good health and maintained radio contact until the elevator contractor was able to lower the car to the next level and allow the employee to exit the car.

While hoisting a roof bolter out of the mine the dolly which the bolter was loaded on came off track damaging several guide rollers. The slope was down from 6:35 am till 2:00 pm while repairs were made. The roof bolter and dolly went off track due to improper weight distribution.

A FALL OF ROOF WAS DISCOVERED WHILE MAKING WEEKLY AIRWAYS EXAM. THE FALL WAS OBSERVED IN NUMBER 8 ENTRY IN A DANGERED OFF AREA. THE FALL IS APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET WIDE, 90 FEET LONG, AND 20 FEET WIDE. ROOF FALL WAS IN A DANGERED OFF AREA LOCATED AT SPAD 410.

Unplanned roof fall discovered reportable in 23W #2 entry between 2 and 3 crosscut. Fall was approx. 10' high, 20' long and 16' wide. Most likely due to presence of white chalky/clay substance in a geologic stratification layer 1-2' above anchorage which assisted in layer separation. No problems with mining machines, PPE, training, or compliance issues.

Hoist contact, Mine evacuated at 7:30 am, MSHA notified was notified at 7:30 am, evacuation complete at 7:46 am. Hoist was repaired at 9:15 am. Tested and miners returned at 9:20 am.

Retreat mining on the #1 Section. The CM broke down in the #2 Entry for approx. 2.5 Hrs. The pillar line began to work. Once the CM was repaired, the #2 jack was moved up approximately 5' and reset. As the pressure was relieved from the #1 jack, the gob area began to fall in the #1 Entry and rode over into the #2 Entry onto the jacks. The fall was approx. 19'W x 28'L x 6'H.

Uncontrollable Inundation of roof and face material flushed into the panline and shield location around shield 55 on the longwall face. This unsolidified material has blocked passage of persons down the longwall face and in conjunction with bottomless floor material making forward progress of the longwall face improbable.

The brake on motor went down on slope car.

#1 shaft hoist rope was rejected during non destructive testing removing the shaft from service.

The hoist oil pressure switch malfunctioned and caused oil to get hot and hoist car wouldn't travel up or down the slope.

At approximately 9:15 AM a miner was cleaning up at face and bucket hit a miss hole which was set off. Hole was approximately 18 inches from the floor. No injuries were sustained. The 1.5 yard JCI loader had a portion of the bucket lip damaged.

Had lost power went to see why, found roof fall located on 2 North East at Break 47 in the #5 Entry. Was reported, no injuries, did NOT impede passage ways.

#3 hoist kicked out of synch. #2 and #6 were available.

At approximately 5:10 p.m. the service hoist went down due to a malfunction in one of the relays causing the brakes not to release. All employees were evacuated to the surface in a timely manner. No person or persons were trapped or injured.

At approximately 5:10 a.m., the Spice Lick elevator was taken out of service due an issue with the elevator's E-stop.

Employee was driving a fuel/lube truck and noticed smoke and stop to investigate and saw flames. EE exited the truck to safety & notified EE's supervisor of the fire. The truck was a total loss and fire could not be extinguished due to the danger of inflated tires exploding and the fuel that was present.

#90 crosscut 3-2 and straight of #3 Roof Fall in Primary Escape way. The fall is approximately 70' long, 5' high, and 17' wide. All approaches to the fall area were immediately timbered, and the escape way was rerouted. The fall will not be cleaned up.

Improper use of haul truck braking system. Total loss of haul truck.

Planned power outage. No one working in the mine during that time.

At approximately 11:45am two Millwrights were using the Blending Bins passenger elevator when it stopped moving. The Lehigh electrical dept. was called to the Blending Bins to troubleshoot the problem. The electrician reset an interlock switch in the drive room to restore operation of the elevator. The two millwrights were in the elevator approximately 45 minutes.

At approximately 2308 on Wednesday, October 5, CAT793D HT953 right rear inside tire caught fire. HT953 was traveling loaded South on the North/South Haul Road just north of the Oasis water stand.

A roof fall was discovered at crosscut 9-20 on the mainline haulage. The fall is approximately 16' wide, 30' long and 10' high. Mainline haulage is blocked but ventilation is not affected. The area has been rebolted and is in the process of being cleaned.

A pillar fall occurred on the active 002 Pillar Section that entrapped a Mobile Roof Support. Two MRS units were located in the No. 2 Entry and were blocked when rock fell from the left pillar lift and some of the material slid out in front of the MRS units. One of the MRS Units (# 3 MRS) was retrieved and the other (#4 MRS) was entrapped when the roof in the pillar line fell in.

Fall of roof, crosscut, next to track entry.

We had a roof fall on the active section of HG#5 at xc71 in the intersection of #2 entry. A cleanup plan was submitted to and approved by MSHA to clean up this area.

Roof fall 60 feet inby spad 50041 on outby Return of MMU-006 in the No 1 Southwest Submains along the No 2B conveyor belt. The fall was 8 feet thick and 150 feet long.

A power bump at 5:04 am caused the site to lose power to our hoists for an extended period of time.

Crews 1&2 were riding elevator when car stopped at landing. Crew 1 exited car sending crew 2 to landing. Pushed down button that sent car into over travel locking doors. Crews were removed from car at 8:00am.

A roof fall occurred in the 00 West Aircourse. The fall is located in #1 Entry at the intersection of #6 Crosscut. The fall is approximately 50 feet in length x 16 feet in width and is approximately 9 feet above the existing mine roof (1 foot above the anchor point). The cause of the fall was determined to be weathering of the mine roof

Doing maintenance on coal auger welding & cutting on frame and heads, fire started. Location where it's too dangerous to get to fire extinguishers.

A roof fall occurred between 11-12 break on the #4 Main Line belt that spanned approximately 80' long x 18' wide x 8' high. The area was bolted with 6' super-twist primary bolts on a 4'x 4' pattern and two (2) 12' Post-Tension cable bolts spaced every 10ft.

Per MSHA Preliminary Report: The screen plant was being attached to a front-end loader in preparation of being moved into the pit. The victim was proceeding to hook them together when the equipment moved, pinning the victim. The victim was later discovered injured and leaning against the loader bucket. The victim died of their injuries the following day.

While removing outrigger pad from Boom Truck the employee lost their balance and their right pinky finger was smashed in between a piece of metal. This resulted in the loss of the tip of the employee's pinky finger.

Elevated conveyor Kerr pulley pinned employee's finger against conveyor frame work following a chain break

Employee stated EE was pushing a hopper under a scrubber when EE felt a "pop" and developed a bulge in EE's mid-section. EE was sent to a physician where EE was diagnosed with a hernia. EE has been sent to a surgeon to schedule the repair for the hernia.

Employee stated was pushing a hopper under a scrubber when employee felt a "pop" and developed a bulge in mid section. Employee was sent to a physician where employee was diagnosed with a hernia. Employee has been sent to a surgeon to schedule the repair for the hernia

Employee inhaled floor absorbent felt tightening of chest and difficulty breathing.

Employee stated that EE was in the process of removing the cat pads from the 226CM when a grease plug failed. This cause part of the grease plug to strike EE in the face (left cheek). This resulted in lost work days and a laceration, which required sutures to close the wound.

Employee had set the CM up in #6 entry. EE was turning EE's body around to get better positioning, as EE turned EE tripped over a lump of coal and fell to the ground. this resulted in a fracture to EE's right elbow. EE has since had surgery to correct the fracture in EE's elbow.

IE was operating Roof Bolter in 5 Right location in face. In Process of installing second row of bolts. When piece of draw rock fell from the roof between ATRS and drill canopy. The rock struck employee's hard hat and cut employee between hard hat and safety glasses. Rock measured 21 inches wide x 19 inches long x 6 inches thick.

Fell backwards while trying to move an attachment for the skid steer by self.

Employee was pulling shield #5 from shield #4 on the I-5 longwall when a fitting on a hose broke hitting employee in the left knee.

Employee was preparing to hang a ventilation curtain extension when EE stepped in a hole twisting right knee.

Contractor cutting on arm of excavator, grease fitting & grease shot out hitting contractor. Contusion to right shoulder requiring 2 stitches, 1st degree burn to left side of face & 2nd degree burn to left collar bone both requiring first aid treatment. Contractor states was released from hospital with no restrictions related to this accident.

Miner tripped on grating, fell on hand.

Using Vacuum truck to clean up CKD dust around the Pallet Pan building. A large amount of excess dust moved and struck victim in face.

Employee was installing wall liners in PC1/PC2 transfer chute when the liner slipped from hand. The liner pinched left ring fingertip causing a laceration requiring 5 stitches.

Employee was injured when a sump that was being lowered into the basement with an overhead crane came into contact with a severely corroded pipe and broke the hanger causing the vertical pipe to fall and come into contact with the employee's ankle, fracturing it. The bolts on the hanger were completely rotten.

SECURITY GUARD WAS WALKING OUT OF GUARD SHACK LOCATED AT BOTTOM OF HILL AND EE STEPPED THROUGH THE DOOR THRESHOLD TO THE PORCH AND TWISTED ANKLE.

Operator was walking in packaging area with the flow of forklift traffic. Forklift driver was carrying a pallet load of packaged product. Forklift driver struck operator on left side knocking operator to the ground. Operator suffered bruising, skin abrasions and pain in left shoulder.

Miners were assembling a mast to install on the roof bolter. The mast was laying on two saw horses. As they were installing the drive chain the mast rolled and the motor guard struck the miner on the shoulder.

A fully trained miner was tramming the roof bolter from 0 to 1 entry. The machine made contact with the rib line and a piece of metal on the canopy struck EE in the right ear causing a laceration. The injury was not result of any compliance issues nor did it involve any protective devices.

Drill steel was stuck in drill pot so employee put steel against top trying to dislodge, and doing so bent steel. Employee then tried putting steel into hole that was drilled and was guiding steel into hole with right hand,Employee was using up-pressure only and during the process moved joystick causing it to rotate striking right hand.

EE received fractured ribs when EE failed to negotiate a curve in a haul truck underground.

EE was climbing down water truck. Someone tossed gloves to EE. EE reached out to catch them, lost balance and fell.

Employee removing drain plug from machine, leveraged self for additional force and bruised right chest rib. Diagnoses was Right Chest Contusion.

Employee was operating a dozer when they felt a pain that made it hard to breath. Taken to doctor and returned to work, after a few days they were still having the pain. Doctor took employee off to rest.

A slicken-sided piece of rock 78" long by 20" wide by 0-11" thick fell from the mine roof in the #2 entry of the E-mains 001 working section. This rock struck employee on the left hand causing a compound fracture to the employee's fifth finger (little). The area was bolted according to the roof control plan with 6' fully grouted resin bolts and oversized bearing plates.

Miner was walking down a ramp and tripped on something causing them to fall down stairs of a cone screen. Miner said they were not sure what they tripped on and there was no debris on the walkway. Miner fractured right ankle after the fall. Miner fell approximately 4-6 steps from the landing. The miner was not carrying anything during the incident.

Employee received an electrical shock after touching a power line while cleaning out a drop chute. Employee was sent to the hospital for burns on both hands and an exit injury on the right leg.

An employee was walking down the stairs and twisted their knee.

A fully trained miner was pushing a winch when a piece of metal slid off the winch straining the employees lower back. The incident was not the result of any compliance issues nor were any protective guards involved. The employee did not begin missing work until 02/09/2017 (15 Weeks Later).

Employee and witness were completing repairs using a hand-held hydraulic jack. Prior to its use, the jack was placed on a ladder. The employee bumped into the ladder, and the jack fell off the ladder striking the employee's foot. Employee suffered fracture of great toe. Employee was wearing protective shoes.

Employee was getting off of a buggy when EE's foot got caught on the buggy and EE fell into the coal rib and hurt EE's left shoulders.

Miner operator was moving a 2/0 cable out of the roadway in the intersection of #2 entry. As operator was turning/ twisting heard a pop sound in left knee. The pain became intense after that point.

EE proceeded to exit the water truck when EE missed the lower step with EE's right leg. This caused EE to lose EE's balance and fall to the ground. During the fall EE awkwardly landed on EE's right leg causing a sprain of the outside the lower leg muscle.

Employee was building and plastering a brattice when some of the plaster got on EE's glasses and into EE's left eye causing scratches and irritation to EE's eye.

The employee was entering the cab of shuttle car and twisted right knee.

Pre-existing condition.

Stepping out of dump truck, started to fall, grabbed door handle/rail to stop fall, felt something in left shoulder "pop", let go of handle/rail and fell to the ground, resulting in severe pain in left shoulder.

Injured employee was helping another employee get a screen loose on the pep screen. They pulled on the screen and when it came loose, injured employee's right hand was mashed between the lever and the pep screen. Injured employee remains off work pending further doctor evaluation.

Rolled ankle on rock on the ground while walking through pit.

Employee was walking to shuttle car when twisted knee in a rut. Employee worked till 10/28/2016 when employee was taken off work.

An employee was working in a manbasket of a powder truck loading a development round in the 4470 North Hanging Wall. The employees right forearm was resting on the rail when material fell from the face. The material fell onto the forearm causing a laceration and later identified a slight fracture.

Employee moved a bulk truck, set park brake and preceded to exit the cab. Using three points of contact climbing from the cab as foot reached the ground employee stepped on a rock and started to fall under saddle tank and reached back with arms to catch themselves. Employee felt a pop in right elbow.

The employee was throwing miner cable to the rib when ee felt a pop in elbow. EE continues to work but is now receiving physical therapy for the pain in elbow. This is a NDL accident.

Employee stated was in the process of throwing a timber out of the scoop bucket, in that process EE lifted the end of the timber up and felt a sharp pain through back and groin area. Employee sought medical attention as was taken off work. This incident is being reported as a Lost Time Injury.

Service truck driver stepped out of truck the wrong way and sprained ankle.

The employee was entering a rail car to clean out material. While stepping down from bottom rung of ladder the employee rolled and injured ankle. Treated as first aid initially, but employee indicated days later that healing was not progressing. Sought medical care on 10/31/16 when learned there is a fractured bone in left foot.

While moving the roof bolter, a piece of roof rock measuring 13" x 15" by 2" in thickness fell striking employee's hard hat causing the hat to slide down employee's face. Employee sought medical attention on a later date and began missing work on 2/9/2016 when employee had surgery on their neck.

Employee felt a pop in lower back when employee and another miner were lifting a bottom roller up into position during a belt move.

Employee was walking up to the CM when EE tripped over the Loading Machine cable and sprained EE's left knee.

Employee was checking the fire suppression on the miner, when the water inlet hose came loose hitting employee in the eye causing injury to right eye.

Employee stated EE was lifting the continuous miner power cable above head to hang it against the mine roof when EE felt a sharp pain in the abdomen. This resulted in a hernia. The employee began missing work due to this incident on 12/2/2016.

In the packaging area one operator got faint due to previous medical conditions, when operator fell injured one finger of right hand, needed stitches in finger. Operator has previous medical conditions which are under medical investigation for the faint.

Employee was welding on a loader bucket with a partner and experienced arc flash. Was using a Miller Welder.

Replacing a motor on K660 coal drag. While lowering the motor to the ground it got caught on a mounting bracket causing the motor to roll, resulting in side-loading the gate on the hook of the Tuggit. Failure of the gate caused the motor to fall. In the fall the motor struck the removed guard causing it to slide into the employee's left shin and right ankle.

The employee was operating a haul truck, hit a hole in the road and jarred neck.

Employee struck side of head on conveyor frame as EE walked beneath it.

Trackhoe op. called supervisor to exchange trackhoe. Supv walked new trackhoe to the cut. Supv parked new trackhoe beside trackhoe that was in production. Supv was attempting to walk trackhoe off cut & moved tracks in wrong position. Machine walked off 8' cut & overturned trackhoe as a result. Supv slammed rt shoulder in cab w/seatbelt on, breaking shoulder socket.

Employee felt pain in right knee while shoveling coal.

Employee was tramming a scoop when EE hit a bump in the roadway causing EE to hit EE's head and jam EE's neck on a scoop canopy. The employee complained of headaches and was diagnosed with a concussion and taken off work on 10/28/2016.

Employee was changing a hose on the take-up power pack located at the #5 Belt Drive when the wrench EE was using slipped. Employee was supporting self with left arm. When the wrench slipped body moved forward dislocating left shoulder.

The employee was lifting a steel beam with other workers when EE felt a burning sensation in groin area. The following were not a factor: Rules, Regs, Skills, Proficiency, Training, Equipment, Protective Devices and Clothing. Attitude may have been a factor. The employee began losing time on 10/25/16.

Employee was using a sledge hammer breaking apart a miner chain when a piece of metal sheared off & hit employee on right pointer finger knuckle.

Employee was shoveling on plant feed belt & picked up big load of mud on shovel, when turned to put on belt strained back. Cause of injury to big of load & body positioning. Incident didn't involve any aspect of compliance with regulations/rules/PPE. Miner proficiency may have been a factor. Started missing work 10/28/2016.

MWT was working in maintenance shop. While seated on a stool ee reached forward to retrieve a wrench with left hand, and ee felt a pull in low back. EE was transported by ambulance to St. Elizabeth's ER where ee was treated and released to home later that evening.

Customer/end dump truck driver climbed up on loaded trailer to fix tarp. Driver fell from trailer breaking right hip.

While operating shuttle car, employee was bounced around in the operator's deck causing neck to pop. Employee experienced pain in lower back and left arm.

The employee was bolting and while putting the roof bolt into the hole a piece of rock hit the employee in the right shoulder. The employee was injured on 10/21/2016 and continued to work until the employee went out for surgery on 11/16/2017.

A fully trained miner injured left knee when walking in the track entry of the 15 East section. No mining equipment was involved. The injury was not a result of any compliance issues nor did it involve protective devices.

While roof bolting the employee was hit in the head, neck and shoulder by a piece of roof slate.

Employee moved shuttle car tire out of way with help of another employee. Bent over to pick up a pogo stick and felt pain in back.

While building a bridge, employee felt muscles tighten up in right lower back. This did not involve any compliance issues. No equipment involved. Personal protective equipment was being used. This did not involve job proficiency, training, or attitude. Employee did not miss any work until 10/31/2016.

Employee had unloaded supplies off fork truck. Went back & stepped onto fork truck, got to second step on ladder, turned & foot slipped, toe went into mud on ground & fell forward. Cause of injury wet, muddy conditions. Incident didn't involve any aspect of compliance with regulations/rules/PPE. Miner proficiency may have been a factor. Started missing work 10/24/2016.

Employee had just dropped underground and was getting on 6 ton to go to section when they twisted their left knee.

Flashburn on eyes due to welding in truck bed

Employee reported that while looking for hydraulic hose leak on Gill Beetle Drill, EE's finger was grazed by hydraulic oil stream.

An employee was operating a underground scoop loader to perform clean-up work in the P-6 tunnel. When EE was approximately 500 yards inside the tunnel from the tail end side, the right rear tire blew. The employee stated that something, EE was not sure what, knocked off EE's hard hat and respirator.

Employee was pumping "glue" into the mine roof near the 11 Rt longwall face in the belt entry. As EE pumped the glue into the roof, a slab of rock/headcoal about 3'x4'x1' thick fell out between existing roof straps. The falling rock struck EE across back. EE stated that EE felt a pulling sensation in back. EE was brought out and transported to the hospital.

Employee said in the first 15 min of start of shift needed to move the gun and pulled something in lower back.

Removing belt structure at 2E longwall tail, using a hammer to beat out a pin in the structure, with EE's head positioned under the structure. A piece of debris (metal/rust/dirt) fell, bounced under EE's glasses and landed in right eye, resulting in a corneal abrasion. No problems with mining methods, training, PPE, or compliance issues.

Employee was drafting barge and when boat came to face up barge there was slack in tow line when boat faced barge it caused the tow line to whip striking miner in back and fell into loaded barge. No other part 50 criteria applies.

Employee felt a pain in left shoulder after bending a roof bolt while trying to install it into the mine roof.

Employee was carrying a timber to be set on the belt line due to wide bolts. As employee lifted and began to drag the timber employee felt a pain in lower stomach/groin area. The employee did not receive medical treatment until 12/2/2016, in which employee was diagnosed with an Inguinal Hernia.

Employee was tightening a bolt on Cat D-9 Dozer track return idler that EE noticed had fallen out. While pulling on a wrench, felt a sharp pain in right shoulder. EE continued to tighten the bolt and then went for some oil to put in dozer and when EE picked up a (5)five gallon bucket of oil that had about (4)four gallons in it EE states pain in shoulder was worst.

Employee was changing bucket teeth on a PC 300 excavator bucket on October 19th 2016. The employee states EE felt a pain in EE's right shoulder while swinging sledge hammer and needed to stop for a minute. EE requested medical treatment on Nov. 4th. EE was diagnosed with sprained right shoulder.

While changing rollers on #2 Main North belt, employee felt pain in stomach and noticed belly button was pushing out. This did not involve any compliance issues and there was no equipment involved. Personal protective equipment was being utilized and this did not involve job proficiency, or attitude.

Employee fell approximately six feet from an extension ladder while putting supports under a belt line at the crusher and injured right foot/heel.

EE estaba limpiando el tunel del vibrador 1, el cual contenia aceite y grasa, cuando el liquido fue cayendo aparentemente habia una fuente fuego lo cual provoco que prendiera el liquido. Trans. by C.Seward:The employee was cleaning the tunnel of the vibrator 1, which contained oil and grease, when liquid was dripping it had caught fire causing burns to feet, hands, back of EE.

Worker walked into a safety screen while checking a problem with the portable plant. Worker was wearing a hard hat and safety glasses and still scraped upper cheekbone, nose and eye.

Employee was using an air chisel to descale a box in Precipitation. While doing so, the air chisel shifted and dropped, catching the employee's finger between the chisel and metal structure resulting in a fracture and laceration.

Employee was using a wash-down hose to clean the area around the continuous miner "CM" stab jack, which is located beneath the CM tail. As EE was positioning self to better utilize the hose, they struck right ear on a piece of loose rock that was resting on the tail of the CM. Employee began missing time on 10/19/2016.

Employee stated that after dumping load of coal on the feeder ee started back toward the miner. About 15 feet from the intersection inby the feeder the shuttle car breaker knocked causing the park brake to engage. The employee was thrown forward and in an attempt to brace self stiffened causing pain in lower back and down legs.

Injured was examining fire suppression bottles on the #9 locomotive when the injured went to the lower the lid, the lid fell and struck the right thumb, resulting in a laceration requiring stitches.

As the employee finished loading trucks, EE backed over some material EE had spilled earlier. EE felt a pop and sharp pain in EE's lower back.

Using Fletcher center bolter in St Leo rehab area to drill hole in roof. Installing second steel with right hand, holding first steel in roof, and dropped first steel onto right thumb, causing a laceration. No problems with mining machines, training, PPE, or compliance issues.

Employee was adding transmission fluid to a dozer. As employee was pulling hose for slack it became entangled causing employee to lose balance and fall from the dozer.

Employee was accessing the discharge end of the L3 furnace when EE's foot got stuck on a rail causing EE to lose EE's balance, resulting in a right ankle sprain.

The CM was not being operated consistently with the training EE received. The EE was not located a sufficient distance from the CM and received injuries when the CM contacted the EE. Witness interviews and detection system logs also indicated that the EE was not wearing the proximity detection locator. Appears the EE placed locator on CM instead of wearing it on self.

Hot metal came in contact with lower leg after cutting with a torch.

Employee was walking along the longwall stageloader when they stepped on a hydraulic hose valve. Their foot apparently activated the valve & the loose end of the hose abruptly snapped back & struck them in the face. Employee finished their shift. The employee visited a hospital emergency room the next day. Employee stated that the medication they were placed on made them ill.

They were moving a feeder when it hit the rib. They stopped the feeder and had to move the cable and when they move the feeder again the rib rolled out and hit an employee in the left leg.

Driver (Sun Coast employee) fell from 2' height when handrail on a tank platform/walkway driver leaned on broke. Driver fell to the ground and broke upper arm. The handrail was constructed of wood and was in a weathered condition.

An electrician was injured while trouble shooting a controller bucket rotary disconnect for #1 dust collector fan. An arc flash resulted causing burns to employee. This is reportable because it is a lost time accident.

EE was out side moving a rail car with hand movements and ee slipped and fell, and hurt neck and back.

Injured was washing at the bottom of the dump/slope belt. Material being washed consisted of pumpable crib material that had been mined on the previous shift. The hardening agent of the cribs caused chemical burns to the lower legs.

The injured employee and another employee were picking up a bent dozer blade. In the process of removing it off of the face, they leaned it against the handrail, pinching the employees right middle finger. EE received 12 sutures.

Bonked elbow on steel rod.

While loading rock duster employee felt pain in lower back

Employee missed a step on a ladder and then noticed knee popped a few times. Employee initially refused treatment, but at end of day noticed swelling on knee. Employee went to the ER, referred to orthopedic specialist and taken off work. Specialist released employee to full duty 10/26/16.

Craftsman struck in lower left leg from wheel chock that was run over and projected into craftsman, in opposite bay at fuel island fracturing leg bewteen knee and ankle

Employee leaned on handrail of walkway and it broke, causing EE to fall several feet to the ground and break EE's arm. Accident originally reported to OSHA under SER 56522 before it was know this was a MSHA-regulated location. Reporting now due to oversight of reporting to MSHA at the time.

The injured was on 4 East - No. 3 entry when the accident occurred. The employee was attempting to go through a stopping door. Got the door open about 5" & it shut back, when the door shut back the center of the stopping came out. The injured was knocked to the mine floor & some of the blown out block landed on EE. The injured suffered bruises to lower right leg & left ankle.

Employee stated was operating a scoop along the #2 Roadway and hit a hole, jarring employee inside the operators compartment. This resulted in a back strain and lost work days.

Employee was exiting a 980H loader when they slipped and caught themselves with right arm, hurting right shoulder.

The employee was a passenger in a jeep which collided with a 20 ton motor on the track haulage. The 20 ton motor was stopped and the driver of the jeep did not see the 20 ton motor in time and when ee hit the brakes the jeep slid into the 20 ton motor

Employee was roofbolting when finger got caught between the canopy and the TRS resulting in a laceration to the tip finger requiring sutures.

The employee was a passenger in a jeep which collided with a 20 ton motor on the track haulage. The 20 ton motor was stopped and the driver of the jeep did not see the 20 ton motor in time and when driver hit the brakes the jeep slid into the 20 ton motor.

Employee was getting into scoop when left leg slid back and knee popped. Felt pain in it.

A hillside collapse due to a geological anomaly. The equipment operator had made approximately 10 passes at the new cut. As the equipment operator was backing up to make another pass/cut, the hillside collapsed. The force pushed in the window and partially filled the cab of the dozer.

Temporary mine employee was standing on second ladder rung and ladder twisted causing injury to employee's right ankle. Lost time.

Employee was about to change drive belts on the screen and lost footing. Put left arm out and dislocated shoulder.

While conducting an inspection/cleaning of the loader bucket, the operator had not completely lowered the bucket to the ground. The hydraulics slowly lowered while parked, causing the bucket to pinch the operators toes on left foot between the bucket and the ground.

An employee was running the remote continuous miner when a piece of roof slate fell and struck the employee in the neck and shoulders.

A fully trained miner injured lower back while carrying rollers from the belt line to the track. No mining equipment was involved. The injury was not a result of any compliance issues nor did it involve protective devices.

Operator was performing task of changing out condensate filters & was in the process of putting the condensate pot back into service. When operator started opening the condensate valve to fill the pot, hot condensate started spraying out from the pot gasket & made contact with right abdomen, right hip, both thighs & buttocks. Initial diagnosis was 2nd degree burns to all areas.

Employee stated EE and another employee were using a slate bar to pry a rock off the skirt board of the tailpiece. When the rock came free, the slate bar slipped, and struck the employee on the inner part of right knee. This resulted in a contusion. The incident became reportable when the employee began missing work on 10/21/16.

An employee at the Indian Creek plant was injured on Thursday October 13, 2016 when ee lifted a five gallon bucket containing approximately 15 lbs. of window washing solution. Employee received treatment from a chiropractor on Friday October 14, 2016.

Employee pulled a shovel out of the storage bin and felt a pop in the middle of EE's back. EE was lifting the shovel straight up and out of the bin. EE did not twist or bend when EE felt the pop. The doctor diagnosed EE with acute thoracic strain.

The miner became agitated and punched locker. Hand began to swell and miner left work and reported to the local medical treatment facility for treatment. Miner was treated for broken bones in hand. This incident was deemed to be "Horseplay" and non-work related after consultation with a workman's compensation representative.

While using a chain block to line up a trunion ball on a grader, the hook came undone and struck the employee in the groin area causing swelling.

Employee was using a pry bar to change a roller. When employee pushed up on the bar they felt pain in their back.

Employee was shoveling coal at Nole belt tail piece. When EE felt pain in left shoulder.

While employee was standing on the off-side of roof bolter #13, employee was struck in the right side of head and face by a rock that fell from the top which was 9' high. Injured went up to the bolter to ask the bolt crew if they needed any supplies when the rock fell from the top. The rock measured 42"long x 18"wide x 3".

10/11/2016 employee dismounted the dozer and turned to take a step and felt left knee pop. Employee kept working, but knee continued to bother employee off and on. Employee opted for surgery and became a lost time 1/2/2017.

Rope broke on raw coal magnet while employee was pulling it over to clean it off causing EE to fall and twist ankle.

The miner was operating a crushing spread. The miner went to the top deck of the cone crusher to check if the cone was operating normally. The miner didn't follow proper procedure in this case. The miner looked into the cone when there was only a few rocks in it and when EE did, a rock bounced out and hit EE in the nose. The miner was seen at urgent care for a nose laceration.

Employee was walking out of scale house and fell through grate scraping right leg resulting in a laceration.

Miner was standing outside of the heavy equipment shop going through task training on a front end loader and was drinking a soda. A bee stung the employee on the lower lip. The miner had an adverse reaction to the bee sting and was transported to a local clinic where employee was treated for an allergic reaction to the sting.

Clear day. Employee was attempting to climb off loader to stop feeder for VSI Crusher. Employee slipped on step at rear of loader and fell injuring right knee.

On 11/23/2016 EE informed the supervisor that EE strained shoulder while performing ropes training on 10/11/2016. EE could not identify a specific event that cause the strain.

Employee was lifting a Curtain Liner into place in the H.S.I when it slipped from hands. EE was able to catch it before it hit EE or dropped completely. Two days later on 10/13/2016 EE started to suffer from bad stomach pain then later after the shift EE noticed naval was bulging out of Stomach. The Employee is Temp Employee we hired through the local Temp service.

On 10/10/2016 employee stated was working on the tracking and communication system in the # 6 entry, while walking out of the # 6 entry employee stated a rock measuring 1' 6" x 1' 6" x 3" thick fell on right shoulder. Employee sought medical attention and was taken off work. This incident is being reported as a lost time injury.

Employee was picking up brattice block and heard a pop in right bicep.

Employee was stacking block for brattice when coal rolled off rib striking employee on right hand and thunb.

After a rain event, haul truck left the stockpile, began to slide, doing a 180, and came to a stop. 2nd truck came off the dump, attempted to stop, slid sideways into 1st truck. 2nd driver was seen at ER on 10/12 and fully released. Oct. 15 employee complained of back spasms, went to PCP, and taken off work. CURRENTLY ONGOING.

Employee tripped over a wash down water hose, stumbled and fell.

The Employee stated: that EE was bending a roof bolt on a flat surface, the roof bolt twisted around while EE was bending it and EE felt a strain on the right side of EE's lower back.

Employee was putting EE's 1st roof bolt up on the outside in #5 entry when a piece of rock fell between 1st bolt and the rib striking EE on EE's left leg.

Employee was walking carrying a one hole board when ee experienced pain in right knee. The area was free of extraneous materials and the mine floor was in good condition. This did not involve any compliance issues. Personal protective equipment was being utilized. This did not involve job proficiency, or attitude. There was no equipment involved.

While the employees where traveling out of the mine the floor mat wadded up in such a way that it caused the throttle to stick and maintain speed when braking was necessary. The vehicle collided with the rib and resulted in a shoulder injury.

Employee was helping install a sand wall, when EE moved the bottom cap to square the wall up EE felt a pop in EE's left forearm. The employee was taken to the local medical facility for evaluation.

Company employee (not mine employee) slipped while exiting excavator and cut right palm on a piece of metal bracing concrete barriers for pond ee was removing silt from.

Employee was on overtime. EE stepped in a hole in the haul road injuring knee. EE did not seek treatment until 10/10. EE followed up with a Occupational Health Facility on 10/12 (next available appt.) & was granted a full release. EE worked the next two scheduled shifts. EE returned to the ER for re-evaluation on 10/14 & was place off work pending an MRI.

Employee states they were picking up and moving a case of water when the scales went off. Employee went to put the case of water down when they felt a pain in right shoulder. This was not reportable until 10/20/2016.

When installing a desktop, screwdriver slips causing a cut on left hand. This accident required two stitches.

On 10/10/16, Supervisor noticed that EE's right eye was red. EE stated that EE did not know what had caused the redness in EE's eye. On 10/12/16, EE went to see an Ophthalmologist who removed a piece of metal from EE's right eye. On 10/14/16, EE told Supervisor that EE was using a hammer to loosen material in a hopper when EE felt something in EE's right eye.

Employee was assisting crane operator pull samples with the single strong back. While trying to align the single pull in the designated cell, the employee states that they put both hands on the block of the crane and received a shock.

A fully trained miner was injured when moving 15' beams. While moving the beams the individual felt a pain in their upper back. No mining equipment was involved. The injury was not the result of any compliance issues nor did it involve protective devices.

Employee was moving scoop tire with a slate bar, the bar slipped causing the employee to fall against the concrete.

Maintenance helper holding a plate on a bearing being installed on a screen was struck in the left thumb with hammer by other worker resulting in 6 stitches

The injured was removing belt structure from the longwall belt on 26 right - No. 4 entry - break No. 6. The structure rolled and EE tried to catch it when EE's left knee buckled and popped.

Employee was unloading a bundle of belt stands when the belt stands fell off of the flat car and struck the employee in the right ankle.

Contractor was shoveling in the slope, lost footing and fell on right side that resulted in a bruised lung. This incident is questionable and still under investigation.

Employee was lifting a box of parts when employee felt pain in lower back.

Employee stepped out of operator compartment of supply motor and twisted left ankle on rib sloughage.

A fully trained miner was injured when carrying and unloading a high voltage cable. No mining equipment was involved, the individual felt pain in their back. The injury was not a result of any issues with compliance or protective devices.

Driver had gotten out of truck WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF left front axle, when another truck approached from the rear contacting trailer and pushed parked truck forward pushing truck onto employee's foot and axle. Damage to parked unit was broken tail light. Other unit had damage to tarp arm.

Employee tripped over a rope and fell in the water. EE did not report an injury until 12/14/2016. Workers Comp. carrier denied injury on 1/12/2017. After investigation it was approved on 1/27/2017. Vulcan was notified by letter on 5/23/2017.

The loader operator was traveling across the main yard and struck a pot hole. The impact jarred lower back.

While walking thru the last open crosscut to the longwall, the employee stumbled, tripped and fell resulting in a simple fracture to the employee's right ankle. The employee did not violate any rules, regulations or policies. The employee had on the appropriate PPE. The employee was adequately trained and exhibits a good safety attitude.

Employee reported being struck by some roof coal. Six weeks later EE began complaining of neck pain. An MRI was done and revealed no acute injuries but did show chronic conditions due to three fused discs, metal plates and screws in the neck. EE was taken off work on 1/12/2017. This is being reported as an Occupational Illness.

Injured was on opposite operator side of the roof bolter. EE was bending roof bolts for the next row. The roof bolter trammed forward and trammed across a rock causing the rock to move. Injured was standing by the rock and the movement caused Left knee and ankle to twist. Suffered a strain/ sprain.

IE stepped on a rock causing EE's left knee to buckle and pop. EE continued to work up until January 18, 2017 when EE had surgery to repair an acute lateral meniscus tear of the left knee.

EE told supervisor that EE had taken hard hat off because EE was hot and sweaty. After taking hat off, EE went back to work. EE's head was bent down, when raising up, EE hit head on the classifier tank-part of the wash plant.

While moving a drum of air compressor oil using a hand truck, employee felt a twinge in the left side groin area. Employee kept on working. Later in the morning pain developed and a bump appeared in the same area. Note: injury IS NOW REPORTABLE DUE TO SCHEDULED SURGERY ON 11/16/16.

EMPLOYEE GOING DOWN SLIGHT INCLINE, SLIPPED AND BUCKLED RIGHT KNEE TRYING TO CATCH HIMSELF.

Two middle fingers were caught between derailer and railroad track when switching derailer to closed position. Employee sustained a cut to third finger which required two sutures and the fourth finger sustained a hairline fracture. In accordance to company policy, the employee underwent drug and alcohol testing which yielded a failed result.

Employee was installing supplemental roof bolts with a hand held roof drill. The drill steel caught, causing the drill to twist in grip. The twisting action caused a strain/sprain injury to right hand and arm. The employee worked shift on 10/05/16 but started missing on 10/06/16.

Report only: CAH reported to Gulf Coast for return to work after being off for personal reasons. CAH informed Gulf Coast staff that EE's injury was related to work activity. No specific event was identified that led to the injury. CAH remained under the care of EE's personal physician until EE returned to work on 10/12/2016.

While loading a ripper tip on truck, mechanic placed hand in the line of fire, and the ripper tip cut and fractured ring finger. CURRENTLY ONGOING

Employee was changing a tire on a shuttle car. EE was working the tire off the wheel unit, the tire fell on EE's right foot.

Employee was pulling on a hose and allegedly sat on or strained testicle

While travelling through the curtain, the scoop and shuttle car collided.

Employee had driven to look at the sump and parked on a slight grade. Employee stepped on uneven ground getting out of truck and extended the right knee and twisted an ankle. On 12/19/2016, employee had surgery on the knee.

After performing routine maintenance on the scalping screen, employee was exiting via a 9' fixed vertical ladder when lost footing and fell from the 3rd rung of the ladder to the platform below. Employee was transported to the emergency room and is currently losing time.

Employee stepped off of a skid steer, slipped and fell in the mud.

Ee was pulling on a hose and hit elbow on an I beam. EE was seen at the clinic and fluid was drained from the elbow and a steroid injection given. Ee put off work until 10/10/16.

Water truck driver reported a noise while steering to the right. Pit mechanic installed new grease lines, the mechanic instructed the water truck driver to steer the wheels from side to side as grease was added. As the wheels were turned to the right the mechanic was pinned between the tire and frame causing injuries to the mechanic, 4 broken ribs and a broken collar bone.

Employee was using a wrench to loosen bolts on a valve on top of the cement silos. As employee was pushing down to loosen the bolt felt a pain in right shoulder. There was no damage to the shoulder but was issued muscle relaxers.

Employee was performing a routine plant inspection. Employee was stepping over the railing into the screen deck area. Employee twisted knee while performing this task.

Employee works indoors in the Chilton Manufacturing Center as a Splitter Operator. The employee was operating a splitter and a piece of rock fell off the table and struck foot. The employee was wearing steel toed boots with metatarsal protections.

Employee reached down to pick up a hose and said they tweaked their back. Employee was going to place the hose nozzle in a position to wash sand from beneath a tail pulley.

Employee tripped over a cart in a well-lit walkway while trying to find a local disconnect switch. The employee fell over the cart and unto right shoulder.

White side supervisor was in the process of switching fill pumps when the surge tank overflowed. The sump pump could not keep up with the flow. The liquor level rose quickly and entered EE's boots resulting in thermal and caustic burns to both lower extremities. Transported by RN to Baton Rouge General ER and hospitalized on Burn Unit.

Employee reported jammed finger on 10/30/16 and refused medical attention. On 12/13/16 reported no further injury, but asked for medical attention. Conclusion on 12/13/16 was not work related (repetitive motion with 9 months employment). Employee went for follow up on 12/20 when it was determined possible ligament damage and would possibly be work related.

Employee stated was walking back from starting an auxiliary fan, stepped on a rock in a water puddle & it rolled out from under foot causing employee to twist left knee & ankle. Employee finished shift & reported but refused a medical evaluation. Prior to next shift the employee reported injury had worsened & requested to be seen by physician. Restrictions were issued.

Employee felt strain in abdomen when removing a broken lifter from the #1 dryer exchange. It became known on 11-29-16 that the employee was diagnosed with an inguinal hernia. No work restrictions recommended.

Employee was walking on top of a dry bulk barge and missed a step, causing employee to fall. As employee was falling hit head and back on the dock. The result of this contact with the dock caused the employee to have Transverse Process fractures in lower spine and bruising to head and back.

Operating empty coal hauler traveling down haul road. Operator apparently dozed off, the hauler contacted a berm on the l side of the road, traveled the top of the 60' long berm, went off the l side of road, crossed a ditch and came to stop about 407' off the haul road. Operator received a cut to the back of head requiring sutures. EE stated was wearing seat belt.

Employee was climbing into the cab of a haul truck and hyper extended knee when the bottom rung of the cable step ladder swung forward. Employee reported the incident immediately and refused medical treatment. After no improvement in condition employee was taken to clinic on November 7th where EE was diagnosed with a knee sprain and referred to therapy for the injury.

EE was helping lift a box of floor sweeping compound when EE felt a strain in the right shoulder.

Employee stepped out of the man trip on to a rock and twisted their knee.

EE left ankle gave out while walking. This resulted in a sprain of the ankle.

Employee was walking down the steps of a Haul Truck for shift change when the employees left knee gave out.

Miner was using a shovel to move material at the Hammer Mill Chute two to three feet so it could be accessed with a Dingo Compact Utility Loader. Miner hurt upper back during shoveling process.

Employee was prying a rock loose with a shovel, right hand slipped off shovel handle striking the edge of a steel beam, injuring ring finger knuckle.

The mechanic was placing a block under the service truck for repairs. As ee placed the block ee felt a pain in back. EE was seen by a doctor and released with no restrictions. On 10/21/2016 the employee went to the emergency room and was placed on work restrictions that could not be accommodated.

Before regular work shift started employee tripped and fell in parking lot requiring 5 stitches to right hand, 3 stitches to the right side of the head and a dislocated finger.

Employee stepped off cell and rolled their ankle on a guard rail.

Employee suffered laceration to left, middle and ring fingers, as a pry bar pinched the fingers between the pry bar and housing.

Employee had pain in lower back after completing a screen change in the dry plant Rotex screeners. Employee was diagnosed with a slipped disc.

Operator was in mixing room adding hand adds to batch system and then noticed swelling a couple days later at home. Accident was then not reported to plant until 2-13-17. Operator says suffered a hernia on right side.

Employee was directing the placement of boulders at mine and got pinned between a loader and a boulder. Employee's pelvis was injured as well as a laceration to left hand. Employee was taken to a hospital to receive treatment and was released after a few days.

While employee performing clean up employee slipped and fell.

Installing and leveling belt structure in 3 East and felt pain in lower back and pop in upper back. Diagnosed with muscle strain in between shoulder blades. No problems with PPE, mining machines, training or compliance issues.

Employee was washing WT508 and turned the water valve off and it broke off and the water pressure knocked employee down causing a fracture to left arm.

Employee was stacking stone on a pallet when EE strained EE's lower back (lumbar).

While operating the shearer the operator was struck by a chunk of coal that bounced off the back of the panline. The lump struck against the side of the EE's left leg.

worker was removing rock from a conveyor to place on a pallet. Another worker working across from IE was doing the same. one reached to grab a rock the other was going to break a rock and make smaller with a hammer. They both went for the same rock the EE with the hammer struck the left hand middle finger causing a smashed tip of finger.

Employee was placing steel bars on a shovel bucket. Employee cut one piece and picked it up, turned and placed it on the work platform for the bucket. Employee felt a pain. Employee was diagnosed 10/11/2016 with acute thoracic pain.

Employee hit a bump on forklift and jammed neck.

Employee woke up on 10/11/2016 with pain in left wrist. EE thought it might be from changing screens the previous day because it was a lot of repetitive movement. EE continued to have pain through out the week and went to the doctor on 10/14/16. EE was told EE had tenosynovitis and was put on restrictions.

Amendment for narrative: Employee was moving two empty railcar's using the rail car puller when something on the rail car puller cable assembly caught on a metal plate. This caused the metal plate to dislodge from nesting place striking employee in legs.

Employee was hooking up a portable heater when ee felt pain in left groin area. Employee was later diagnosed with a hernia. The employee had surgery to repair the hernia on 1/6/17.

Employee was carrying timbers in low height 46"-52" over a distance of 200' over irregular bottom. Setting timbers and building cribs in a bleeder. Employee strained back. Employee did not start loss of time until January 3, 2017, and is off waiting for back surgery.

Employee was struck in the eye by a nylon slack rope, that had became tensioned and breaking away.

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER FROM BELT TO GROUND EE'S FOOT SLIPPED & EE CAUGHT SELF OVERHEAD WITH RIGHT ARM,

Employee stepped on small stone with left foot resulting in dislocated middle toe bone. Injury was diagnosed on 10/26/16.

Employee reported the accident on 10-5-2016 but did not go to the doctor until 10/14/2016. EE said EE was climbing the ladder next to cab of the drill and felt a muscle in right arm pop and sharp pain. EE said EE had three points of contact and should have used EE's legs more.

While an employee was installing a drive-line in a rubber tire dozer, EE felt a pop in EE's left bicep and experienced pain in the same arm. The diagnosis is a complete tendon tear.

Employee bent down to pull out a tie under gravel cars. As employee stood up, right knee buckled. Diagnosed with a torn ACL. LTA on 12/6/16.

Employee was walking thru mud and slipped on crib buried in the mud. Compliance with rules and regulations was not a factor. Lost time as of 10/18/2016

The employee was lifting a Ram car drag into the bucket of the Scoop with another employee when the scoop bucket came down on the employees foot.

Employee was installing a grease O-ring seal to a rock crusher. The O-ring slipped off from the back side where employee started. Employee fell forward to the edge of the brass socket liner.

Miner was in the process of erecting concrete block permanent stopping when rock became dislodged between roof bolts, fell, striking miner in the back and head area.

EE reported on 10/03/2016 that they felt some pain in abdominal area. EE said they felt a bump in May but it did not bother them until now. EE had a hernia the previous year and thinks they may have another one.

The miner was installing a Handrail on the new Rip Rap Skid. While trying to align the holes, the Rail shifted and smashed the right thumb. The incident resulted in a partial traumatic amputation of the Right Thumb

Changing belt on crusher, tightening a bolt with a wrench putting whole weight against it straining shoulder.

Injured employee (IE) and two others were pinning a feeder. During the work the IE states they felt a slight discomfort in the left abdomen. IE continued to work without incident. Three days later went to the emergency room because of pain, was told they had a hernia, and the doctor said stay home for one day. IE is on a 10 pound lifting restriction.

Employee was getting into haul-truck 122, a CAT 769 rigid frame truck. EE opened the door, then turned around and was backing into the cab. When entering the cab EE's left foot either slipped or missed the walkway causing EE to fall to the left striking ribs on the left side on the handrail of a second truck parked next to it.

Driver was climbing down parked haul truck at end of shift when EE was stung on the left pinky finger by unknown insect that became symptomatic the following shift and resulted in an infection.

EE was cleaning the burner pipe and reported a sore back. EE was evaluated to have a sprained lumbar.

Employee was hanging a Ventilation tube when EE slipped twisting ankle. The ankle was sprained and EE was not able to return to normal job the following shift.

While climbing ladder of haul truck, employee felt a "twinge" in left shoulder.

Allegedly the hydraulics locked up on the machine causing it to raise off the ground and drop.

Employee was working on a gearbox motor assembly when the motor slipped from the assembly striking employee's hard hat causing lacerations to the left side of face and causing employee to fall and fracture right wrist.

Employee was helping another employee to try to break the bell plug loose on a set of batteries in order to change it. The leads inside the bell plug arced as they were trying to get it to break free and the employee received a flash burn.

while employee was in the process of fixing a torn belt, employee placed one hand under belt and drilled through belt and made contact with gloved hand creating a circular injury to right pointer finger resulting in 8 stitches

Employee was installing paddles on the log washer and felt back pain. EE previously reported that on 10/13/16 EE had felt similar pain when EE was washing the shaker platform while pulling on a 2 1/2 inch water hose. EE requested to seek medical treatment on 10/31/16.

The EE was operating an overhead crane and installing cone crusher steel. The employee lost their balance and fell down (on the same level) onto the crusher base cable swivel. The EE suffered fractured ribs as a result of the fall.

While descending a ladder off the pipe truck the employee stepped on a rock and hyper-extended left knee.

Injured employee was helping to demolish and old fence when a piece of angle iron fell striking employee on the upper right arm. The arm was not broken but there was a soft tissue injury. The employee has returned to work on restricted duty as of 10/28/2016.

An adjustment needed done on the gate for the #8 limestone. This is usually performed with a 3/4" ratchet and hammer. EE was using a sledge hammer which resulted in a mid-low back/front hip strain with right leg radiculopathy.

Miner was splitting a stone with hammer and chisel and struck finger with the hammer.

Employee was pre-shifting lube truck. When employee exited the cab of the truck employee lost balance and fell to the ground. The fall resulted in a right shoulder contusion.

A miner was injured starting to drill a hole in the roof where adverse conditions existed. A piece of rock measuring 10" X 16" by 4" thick fell from the roof and contacted the metacarpal glove on right hand. The rock was sharp and it cut through the glove. Employee received a laceration on two fingers on right hand.

Employee received a laceration on left middle finger while removing plow bolt on loader.

Employee was watching the C/M machine cable as the C/M machine was advancing to another entry on the 17 HG section. EE had EE's back turned away from the roof bolter cable which was laying on the ground. When the roof bolter operator engaged the cable reel on the roof bolting machine the cable struck the employee on the back of EE's feet and caused EE to fall on EE's back.

The employee reported to EE's supervisor that EE was feeling a dull pain in EE's lower left back and around EE's left elbow area while EE was performing EE's regular job duties of sewing and stacking 50 lb bags of salt.

EE was performing pre-shift examination of EE's 992C front end loader and while walking around the backside of the loader EE stepped on a rock that caused EE to loose EE's balance. EE twisted EE's knee and heard EE's knee pop. EE was taken for medical evaluation and placed on modified duty.

Employee twisted knee while servicing truck.

Employee stated left hip popped a couple of times while attempting to remove foot from a grease pit.

The injured was struck on the arm by a rock that fell from the mine roof between the ATRS and the last row of bolts.

Employee was taken off back plate of screen and it fell on hand/wrist area.

EE felt pain in low back area while swinging a hammer to drive out a swing cylinder pin. EE placed on restricted duty for muscle strain and was released on 11.1.16.

Employee was using a walk behind bobcat to clean up spillage under conveyor structure. After filling bucket employee lifted bucket with controls, causing the back end of the machine to rise pinching left hand between the controls and the conveyor structure. Pinching caused laceration and abrasion.

Employee was lifting a bucket containing an aggregate product sample for QC testing onto pick-up truck bed. While lifting, EE incurred a thoracic strain, resulting in restricted work duty.

Employee was prying on lid and bar slipped and EE fell back on EE's leg. Restricted duty as of 11/14/16.

The Maintenance Journeyman A was climbing an affixed ladder at the Quencher Dryer Pier when the anchor point broke loose causing EE to fall landing on right shoulder.

Pulling on a wrench installing a torque converter and strained right elbow.

Carrying an extension ladder, my foot got hooked under the rim. I fell forward and landed on my right shoulder and hip.

Ee was replacing cutting edges on a dozer, struck a piece of metal with a 4 lb hammer, and a piece of metal entered right thigh. Seen at clinic, and referred to orthopedist. Determined not to remove metal. Ee placed on restricted duty.

Employee was assisting mechanic putting chain back together when mechanic struck piece of roller chain and a piece of metal struck employee in the right arm. As of 11/09/2016 restricted duty sutures required.

Employee was laying on stomach in an awkward position, using two spud wrenches trying to free a steel frame from a wedged position. The employee felt a sharp pain in right shoulder.

Employee states while employee was installing roof bolts in the Main North 2 travelway the roof bolter machine was bumped by a ram car causing injury to right hip. Restricted Duty.

Employee was investigating a needed repair to a headlight on a tractor when the engine cover shifted causing a laceration to left index finger requiring sutures to close.

Employee was descending the stairs on a haul unit when EE lost footing on a slick surface. EE grabbed the handrail with left arm and managed to swing self to the ground landing on feet. Pain in back developed over the next few days. Medical visit on 10/27/16.

Employee was flex lancing a vertical 6 inch pipe from the bottom. The opening was approximately 12 inches from the ground. As EE was flex lancing a piece of the product came lose falling and pulling the flex lance out. The tip of the lance struck EE's left leg below the knee causing a laceration. several times for follow up all ending in EE being released to light duty.

Employee was inspecting conveyors belts, found a froze idler, found a bar and tapped the frame of the idler several times and the bar slipped after several attempt, catching the tip of the bar on the next roller downstream, approx. 18" away, started to pull the bar in and the bar was forced upward into the frame which smashed the employees thumb between the bar and the frame.

Removing a flat tire from a haul truck. The tire moved and caught employee's finger.

While unloading delivery truck, employee pulled on a pallet strap to reposition it. The strap broke, causing the employee to stumble backwards, falling off the rear of the van to the ground below. Employee returned to work but later complained of back pain. EE was examined by a physician on 11/3/16 and placed on restricted duty due to back pain and sprained ligament in back.

Employee was feeding a gravel plant with a Cat loader. There is a heater fan in the cab of the loader. The employee said the fan was blowing cold air on EE. EE tried to stuff a rag into the fan. Apparently EE's hand went into the fan, and EE cut the second and third digits of EE's right hand.

Employee was replacing the rear tire on a service truck. Employee was trying to lift the old tire into another truck when the employee felt soreness in lower back.

A driller injured right shoulder when transferring a drill bit into a metal reclaim dumpster. Note: injury has not been confirmed. Further diagnostics are scheduled for week of Nov 21-25th.

Employee was using a sledge hammer when it rebounded and struck employee in EE's safety glasses causing a laceration on EE's right eye.

Employee was removing guard from the belly pan of a 16M Motor Grader. A chain hoist and jack were being used to support the guard. Employee was guiding it out when it slipped off the jack smashing left thumb between the guard and the concrete floor.

slipped/fell on wet conveyor, pulled muscle in thigh

Miner replacing gearbox and motor on bulk bagging pinched left hand during chain removal task.

Miner was attempting to turn on water to plant one when stepped on a poisonous reptile. The miner abruptly jumped away, twisting awkwardly pulling or straining lower back.

Employee was walking on un-level ground and sprained right knee.

Employee and partner were installing pipe for utilities when the partner slipped and dropped the pipe which caused the employee to drop their end of the pipe, dropping it on their foot.

Injured was washing at the bottom of the dump/slope belt. Material being washed consisted of pumpable crib material that had been mined on the previous shift. The hardening agent of the cribs caused chemical burns to the lower legs.

Injured was washing at the bottom of the dump/slope belt. Material being washed consisted of pumpable crib material that had been mined on the previous shift. The hardening agent of the cribs caused chemical burns to the lower legs.

Removing hydraulic lines and brackets from parking brake. The hose and bracket fell downward pinning employee's arm against the steering cylinder causing employee to strain shoulder

Injury occurred on 10/16/16 -did not receive MRI results until 11/11/16 - working but receiving PT. Driving pickup - vehicle veered off to side of road - struck rock with under carriage - bounced arm on center arm rest resulting in stress fracture.

An employee was driving when EE ran over a pot hole causing EE to bounce in EE's seat and strike EE's chest against the steering wheel.

While installing a classifier on the wet site of plant, employee was welding on a new sand chute. At break time, the employee was descending the chute and foot slipped causing EE to fall on back. Employee seemed okay but was taken to the clinic to be checked out. Employee was put on light duty 10/16 and returned to full duty 10/18.

Ee was lifting filter out of tub, leaned in and later felt pain in chest and abdomen area. Was not sure related to work. Sought treatment on 10/24/16, diagnosed with contusion, returned to work on restricted duty. After investigation by site and workers' comp, determined compensable on 11/14/16.

While employee was doing clean-up work using a shovel, ee reported ee injured back. Medical attention at local hospital.

EE was lifting a new rock shelf insert, weighing approx 80 lbs, from baskets. EE raised it approximately 4-5 inches above the basket when the insert began to slip from EE's grip. EE's left index finger was caught between the top of the basket and the bottom of the insert.

Employee was helping a co-worker work on a tail pulley. Employee was turning a threaded rod while a co-worker was hitting a bearing with hammer, bearing came loose suddenly and the treaded rod took skin off EE's fingers.

Employee was climbing up dozer to fuel the machine, as ee grabbed the grab bar ee right hand, ee left foot slipped causing ee to strain left shoulder.

EE was descending from haul truck. EE continued to try and descend with lunch box in one hand and the seat cushion in the other, while holding handrail. EE slipped on the last step and fell approximately 30" to the ground, landing on back side. EE didn't wish to see a doctor until the following Tuesday (10/18) EE was put on light duty and went on vacation effective 10/19/16.

Employee putting up Spray bar when rock bounced off conveyor and landed on left hand, pushing it against the hopper.

EE was cleaning sump pump, lifting buckets of material, and felt sharp pain in left shoulder. Seen at the clinic and diagnosed with acute strain to lt shoulder. EE seen at clinic on follow-up 10/17/16, placed on restricted duty and prescribed physical therapy.

Employee was dislodging a jam in a rock feeder when the pry bar being used shifted, causing hand to strike the surge tunnel wall.

Employee was installing a hoist cylinder on a 2006 Volvo Dump Truck. The hoist cylinder moved and pinched middle finger on right hand. EE's finger had a laceration requiring four sutures.

Elliott employee was disassembling a machine for repairs. A piece that was believed to be secured unexpectedly moved. Employees right hand was pinched between part and stationary object resulting in a laceration to palm of hand at base of index finger. Cut required nine stitches to close.

A tube winder operator was poking some stuck cans near a roller when the roller pulled the poke rod under the roller. The operator instinctively tried to grab the rod but missed. EE's hand was pulled into the roller and the machine was stopped and EE got EE's hand out. The hand was x-rayed and no fracture was found. No stitches were indicated.

Employee was standing idler up under belt with a pry bar. The bar slipped and the employee struck hand on the plant support structure.

Employee was working on cleaning out lime from the #2 lime tank, using a pressurized water hose, also was opening and closing a 6 inch gate valve. They said that their shoulder got a pain in it that evening and they just thought it was arthritis, but the pain was still there after a couple of days. So they thought they should report it.

Employee was walking up stairs, reached 5th step and felt pop in right knee. Employee treated with ice pack and taken to clinic for evaluation.

Employee was standing on mud pan and stepped off and strained back. Mud pan is approximately 18" off ground.

Miner suffered a strain neck when ee was struck on the top of hard hat by a lump of dirt that fell from the top of an excavator bucket that was resting on the ground about to be greased. The injury was treated as first aid and after a week the injury did not get better. Miner sought medical treatment on 10/19/2016 and was placed on restricted duty starting 10/20/2016.

Two employees were trying to lock down boomer with pipe handle when pipe come off causing handle of boomer to fly up striking one employee in the mouth resulting in a minor injury.

The employee was lifting side castings up and handing them to another employee. During one lift, employee turned to the right, while holding the side castings, and felt pain in right knee.

EE was operating a wheeled loader when EE encountered a bump in the road and states EE bottomed out seat causing pain to lower back and neck.

Employee was going down 2 steps, rolled foot/ankle and suffered a fracture to 5th metatarsal.

While using a pry bar assisting in adjusting a pinion on a dryer the bar slipped and pinched the tip of the right hand ring finger. This action caused a nondisplaced distal phalanx fracture

Turning of drive belts. Right middle finger pinched between motor pulley and drive belts. EE jerked EE's hand quickly which severed the tip of finger. No bone loss. Y flap to cover wound.

Pressure was applied to roller mill hydraulic system to check for leaks. A leak was detected at fitting, which was tightened to stop leak. The fitting broke loose while tightening, and struck EE in the ribs. Physician diagnosed as contusion, prescribed limited lifting etc.

An aggregate laborer was attempting to loosen a cap on a fuel tank with a pipe wrench when felt pain in back. The laborer finished out the day doing normal duties and returned to work the next day and went about normal duties. At the end of the second day employee decided to seek medical treatment and was put on restricted duties for lower back pain.

Employee was troubleshooting a conveyor when a rock bounced off and struck employee in the top of the hard hat. As a result the employee is experiencing neck soreness and headaches.

Employee was assisting a contractor in a 54" Conveyor belt replacement on the RP1 Radial Portable Conveyor when right middle finger was injured. The group was preparing to lift three 54" troughing idlers with the 75 ton Linkbelt crane when the employees finger was caught between the grab chain and an idler frame.

An employee was pulling a wheelbarrow and felt a pop in knee.

The employee was covering the end loader during the operators lunch and jarred their back. Employee went to the Chiropractor and was given light duty.

October 10th Employee was using two wrenches to tighten DBH1 damper cylinder bolts when the lower wrench employee was holding with left hand slipped and employee's left wrist bent and hit the cylinder. On October 12th employee was taken to Urgent care doctor said employee had a hair line fracture to wrist.

Employee received shoulder strain while lifting object.

EE was hammering slide blank into position, missed with head of hammer pinching left index finger between hammer handle and slide blank. Employee received 7 stitches, fractured finger tip.

Employee was pulling open manually operated doors on freight elevator and sustained a back strain. Injury did not become reportable until placed on restricted duty on 9/11/2016

When moving a stand, employee's finger was pinched between the stand and a vertical support at the shop. Laceration to R middle finger, pad side, near tip required 7 stitches.

EE was shoveling in P-9 tunnel and felt a little pain in right shoulder on Saturday and thought nothing of it. That night EE woke to considerably a lot more pain and the next morning EE notified supervisor. On Monday the 10th EE requested to go to the clinic and EE was provided that.

Employee strained right shoulder while pulling on a chain fall.

Employee was putting exhaust back in the 988 loader. Went down steps to other side of loader and pulled muscle in back.

Blaster accessing top of truck on ladder when ladder separated from truck body causing Blaster to fall against cab of truck, resulting in a left shoulder strain.

employee was changing lights on #3 RK Kiln Deck. As EE was helping to dismantle the scaffolding, EE's left foot slipped into a groove twisting EE's left ankle. Pain and discomfort increased and subsided over the next few weeks. Ultimately, the pain and soreness increased prompting a medical visit on 11/3/16.

Removing bearing from loader frame. Track bar skipped off the bearing sidewall and into the bearing bore. Caught technician's left pinky finger between the track bar and loader frame. Partial amputation of pinky finger tip.

Employee was exiting from skid steer when employee rolled ankle resulting in a sprained ankle.

Employee strained right shoulder while using a 3 foot pipe wrench to remove a 4 inch ball valve in the road rock tunnel.

EE got thumb on right hand stuck between a box of powder and the railing on the platform. EE placed on restricted duty.

The employee was running a loader and as it was going down the hill into the pit the bucket's edge starting digging into ground making it come to an abrupt stop.

The employee was shutting the door on the haul truck and got middle finger on left hand between the door and the door frame. This caused a laceration to middle finger.

Employee mis-stepped as EE was crossing over a beam. EE's foot came down partially on the ground and partially on an access door, twisting ankle.

The EE was operating a R-65 Haul truck and smelled rotten eggs, so rolled up the windows. A little later the battery exploded and ruptured EE's right ear drum. Upon further investigation, the alternator was over charging the battery which caused the explosion. The EE was restricted for five days.

EE WAS TRIMMING A PIECE OF SHEET STEEL SO IT WAS EASIER TO HANDLE. THIS PIECE WAS 1/4"X 2'X 4' EE WAS HANDLING THE STEEL WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT OF HAND AND LANDED ON LEFT FOOT RIGHT BEHIND STEEL TOE. Originally this was a 1st aid however due to the swelling not going down ee was checked out an via an x-ray 10/17/16 it was determined ee fractured second metatarsal.

Employee was working in the tunnel around the surge feeder on the platform and had left the trap door open. EE was spraying down the feeder with water when EE had sprayed self in the face and stepped back into the access point falling less than 6' onto the dirt below. Please refer to Citations 8991106 & 8991107

I was checking on finding some Anti Freeze and I stepped off of a pallet onto the oil pit storage grating. The grating wasn't laying down all the way and it flipped and I fell into the oil pit. Please note:Employee did not report the accident until 11/28/2016

An employee was operating the #544 Haul Truck. As the haul truck was being loaded by the #268 loader at the 72 stockpile, the employee was jarred in ee seat as the first load was loaded into the truck box. After being loaded, the truck proceeded to dump at the crusher and then traveled back into the west pit where the employee started experiencing back pain.

UNKNOWN. EMPLOYEE STATES PUSHING A ROCK AND PULLED SOMETHING IN GROIN AREA

Employee was hitting a belt clip with a chisel when a piece of steel broke off from the clip and entered the employee's left hand causing a puncture wound.

Miner was using pry bar to free up a chain on a sprocket. When miner pulled back on bar it slipped off the sprocket, hit a steel plate pinching finger between bar and plate.

The injured was using a slate bar to pry a shuttle car tire from the wheel's stud bolts. The slate bar slipped causing hand to strike against the frame of the shuttle car which resulted in a fracture to thumb.

EE hit hand while opening a kiln door. EE had hand evaluated on 11-10-16 and was put on modified duty.

An employee was harvesting, noticed a low hanging edge strip so flew the load to the bottom of the back bay. Then used a hand tool to lift one side of the blank off when felt a sharp pain on the right side of back.

Employee was operating a hand flow gate in boat loading tunnel. Gate was stiff and employee felt a sharp pain in left shoulder.

Employee was in the process of dismounting a light vehicle tire off of a wheel, using tire bars when employee felt a pop in right wrist. Employee went to the doctor and was placed on restricted duty.

The employee was removing a snowman, when a built-up fell and hit the lance of the water pressure gun. This caused that EE's left hand turns. EE felt a little pain, but EE thought it was nothing. On October 8, 2016, the employee mentioned to EE's supervisor what happened, but told supervisor that it was nothing. On October 24, 2016, EE's supervisor sent EE to a doctor.

An equipment operator was operating a 40 ton haul truck when EE encountered a pothole in the road jarring back.

Employee was climbing the ladder of the 972H front end loader and lost grip with right hand and while do so left pant leg caught on ladder causing the employee to fall.

While spraying 3rd floor tower north side, middle door, a piece of hot material spit back onto employee's pants, just above boot line burning through jeans, sock, and lodging inside boot burning left ankle.

Employee strained right elbow while installing water pump. Employee was pushing/pulling during installation.

Employee was chiseling stone and ee felt foreign material enter eye.

Employee was moving 50 lbs bagged product and experienced pain in lower back.

While working on #18 Cement Silo to ascertain the nature of a leak from behind the dust collector housing to get a closer look at the problem. As EE looked around the DC housing, approximately 2 to 3 feet from the leak, the wind changed direction and blew cement into face and eyes.

Coming down ladder of haul truck to step on ground an felt "tear" in abdomen at location of previous non work related surgery.

Employee notified safety on 12/5/16 that EE bumped knee against a bench in the bath house on 10/31/16 while walking to EE's locker after showering after EE's shift. EE finally saw a doctor in March 2017 and was prescribed PT in July of 2017; EE's first session was July 13, 2017. This has recently been accepted as work related for patellar tendonitis.

Employee was opening the shop doors when one of them slipped and cut the palm of hand, stitches required.

While tightening a bolt using a ratchet, hand came back into a shim cutting the top of left hand.

Employee was torch cutting a roller free and the roller end dropped onto employees fingertip. This resulted in a fracture to tuft of finger and a laceration.

Employee was trouble shooting a problem with clay not going to the Makedown tank. Instead of getting a ladder, employee climbed up on the equipment. Employee reached for radio and left hand slipped off and employee fell to the platform grating striking the right side of head receiving a laceration that required three stitches.

Employee was opening a door when it fell off the hinges and smashed right thumb between the door and the handrail of the man lift the employee was in.

Employee smashed finger in plunger that holds a bag in place.

Slipped or fell into discharge chute hitting right knee on edge of stainless discharge chute.

Employee was removing banding from a lift of roof screen, while removing banding the band sprang back resulting in a laceration to EE's arm causing employee to receive three stitches. Cause of the accident was lack of concentration. PPE was not a factor, mining equipment and mining systems was not a factor, compliance rules/regs was not a factor, miner proficiency was a factor.

working at work bench reached up to shelf to retrieve box EE bumped a can of break cleaner spray Can fell from shelf landing upside down spraying employee in eyes Employee was wearing glasses Eye wash was applied to the affected eyes until chemical was removed some irritation remained & was sent to the doctor Sustained minor chemical burn to the eyes ointment was prescribed

During the clinker sample, the wind was blowing and an air cannon went off causing clinker material to be blown around. Debris got past my safety glasses and side shields and into my left eye.

Mechanic was handling steel grating when a piece fell and mashed EE's finger causing a laceration. EE was taken to a local ER where seven stitches were used to close the wound. It was later discovered that EE also had a fracture in the tip of the finger.

Employee was turning a valve and twisted EE's back. EE reported the incident 10/28/2016 however did not seek medical attention until 11/03/2016 when EE was diagnosed with a lumber sprain.

Miner was washing haul truck while standing on the trucks access ladder. As employee opened the spray nozzle, the pressure caused the miner to become unstable and fall from the ladder approx. 4-5 feet. Employee fell onto left hand causing a fracture to left middle finger.

Wearing utility knife on chain hanger off belt, beside radio. Knife safety latch hit radio and extended blade, unknowingly. Miner went to pick up ventilation tube and ran left forearm across the open knife blade resulting in a laceration that required 3 sutures to close. No problems with PPE, mining methods, training or compliance issues.

Injured was rotating driven pulley by hand in order to distribute lubricant when EE's finger became pinched between the rpm sensor and the rpm pickup point.

Contract employee received a small laceration that required three stitches on left hand.

Employee was using a grinder for demolition, grinder kicked back and cut employee's right hand.

While repairing the safety Latch that holds trailers in place at the dock bay the shock came off unexpectedly causing it to hit EE's right index finger and thumb, resulting in a cut that needed stitches.

Crawler Mobile Tailpiece (CMT) cats were stuck and EE was attempting to free them with assistance of 3 ton chain hoist. The tail hook slipped off the CMT cats and flew off under tension, striking EE in the upper lip, resulting in a laceration. Received 23 sutures. No problems with mining methods, training, PPE or compliance issues.

EE was helping push a rock manually with a rock bar at this time another EE started to chop a rock at this time a small rock broke off of the rock that was being chopped and came back and struck EE in the right Hand and middle and ring finger causing EE to have a small cut on EE's fingers.

Employee was chipping the slag off a weld with a hammer. A piece of slag flew into left eye. The employee was wearing prescription safety glasses with side shields. The employee was working over the weld and the slag flew up and underneath the glasses. There was no damage to the eye. Antibiotic eye drops were prescribed for prevention.

Removing cover from control panel on continuous miner. Cover slipped on smashed finger.

EE was loading the tray for the Roof Ranger II roof bolter with roof bolts. While pulling a roof bolt off the side of the roof bolter, EE lost footing, causing the bolt being pulled on to strike EE in the mouth. The impact from the roof bolt caused one of the front teeth to break (fracture).

Injured EE was tying a piece of rebar back into place after moving it to clear a concrete wall form. As EE was pulling the tie wire tight, the pliers slipped free, striking EE in the upper right side of mouth/face. This resulted in the upper, second tooth to the right from center, tooth being chipped and loosened.

An employee was performing clean up work. Employee was spraying down the cyclone with a hose and lost control of it and it struck employee in the mouth causing a laceration to the lip.

Employee was using a hammer to clear a blockage in a chute, while striking the outside of the chute the employee became distracted and incidentally struck left index finger with the hammer.

Was breaking a bolt loose when the wrench slipped causing hand to hit conveyor frame resulting in laceration to middle knuckle and pinky finger.

Removing bolts on loader bucket with impact wrench, cutting left index finger on spinning bolt.

EE was disking an area to knock down weeds when a "splinter" got logged in EE's right eye. EE and another employee tried to flush the eye to remove the object without success. EE was taken to a local optometrist where the object was removed. EE was give a prescription for antibiotic eye drops.

Injured was installing Ziggy rails and jacks on the S4D belt line and lacerated pinky finger on right hand. The injury required 5 stitches.

Employee sustained laceration to right middle finger handling a warming oven. The employee was assisted by a partner in lowering the warming oven to the floor when the finger was pinched between the oven underside and floor. Employee was seen by site responders, and then brought to hospital where medical treatment was provided.

Employee was cutting a couple of inches off slicker pants, as employee cut with the blade coming towards body, knife slipped and cut left thigh.

Miner was tightening a hose fitting when wrench slipped causing miner to lunge forward and hit head on hose fitting.

Employee was attempting To cut a plastic wire tie to remove an old hose from the slope belt. The employee slipped and cut the back of EE's left hand and received 10 sutures. This is a NDL accident.

Employee was grinding off old welds on a conveyor drive pulley to replace pulley lagging when a piece of metal went pass EE's safety glasses and face shield and entered EE's right eye

I.E. was taking material to roof bolter in #1 entry. EE parked & shut the scoop EE was operating off. EE got out of the scoop & walked between the scoop & the rib & that is where a piece of hog panel that had been trimmed off snagged EE's left ear & caused a laceration. Employee returned to work on EE's next shift & missed 0 days.

Employee was performing maintenance on the carrier bearing of a screw conveyor. EE slipped and struck EE's hand on the sharp corner of a nearby tool box resulting in a laceration on the side of the palm of EE's hand. EE received 6-stitches in EE's hand and was immediately released to full duty.

Employee was putting in a top roller while moving belt when EE noticed that the belt clamp was stuck. When the employee reached down to free the belt clamp another employee grabbed the roller and caught EE's finger between the top rail and the belt roller smashing and cutting ring finger on right hand.

Employee was doing repair work to oversize chute at the plant when ee went to lift a 10x2 piece of channel iron and it slipped from right hand and fell on left hand smashing left ring finger.

Employee pinched finger between the stone and a dumpster.

Employee was pulling a drill steel out of EE's tray when the steel smashed EE's finger against the drill pod. EE received 4 sutures.

Employee was welding, or around welding operations, employee went home at the end of the day, and had trouble falling asleep that night due to eyes bothering EE, and went to hospital the following day(10/21) to have them looked at.

Employee was closing the freight elevator door and accidentally got one hand between the doors and closed the door on fingers causing a laceration to right pointer finger.

While using an angle grinder, the disc came apart and struck the user in the chin area. User was grinding on metal on a conveyor when the incident occurred. User had recently replaced the disc and failed to put the guard back on. Also contributing to the injury is the fact that a face shield was not in use. User was taken to hospital and received medical treatment.

While moving the jack on the press employee smashed finger between jack and guarding.

Employee was hanging a piece of tin when a another piece of tin came loose and struck right wrist.(Medical treatment sutures required) Compliance with rules and regulations was not a factor.

While stepping the EE felt a pop in left knee. EE was seen by the doctor on 10/24/2016 and prescribed physical therapy.

Employee was exiting vehicle when a large gust of wind slammed the door shut. Employee tried to catch the door when two fingers on right hand were pinched in the door as it shut.

Individual welded majority of Monday with no signs of injury and completed full shift. Early Tuesday morning, individuals eyes were burning. Went to doctor and confirmed individual burnt cornea from welding. Eyes were more sensitive due to lasik surgery previously had and was unaware long periods of time welding would effect EE. Doctor prescribed prescription eye drops.

Employee smashed pinky finger of right hand between pry bar and steel structure holding the donut inlet tab above ball mill feed.

Employee was cutting a rubber matt with a utility knife and knife slipped and cut the top side of EE's left arm by EE's wrist. required stitches

Mechanic got fingers on right hand cut by the heater blower fan on a 992 loader

Employee was getting a piece of rock off of the continuous miner and when ee tried to flip the rock in the pan it caught right ring finger and right pinky finger on right hand causing fractures to the tips of both. Note: Employee returned to work on the next regular scheduled shift.

Employee was torquing track roller bolts on a D8-R dozer when torque wrench internal gears stripped out of ratchet head of wrench. Employee was in squatting position when torque ratchet failed causing employee to lose balance and strike the floor hitting elbow.

The EE stated that while installing belt structure, a belt cradle slipped from EE's hands striking EE's left index finger resulting in a laceration. The accident occurred because the EE failed to maintain a firm grip on the cradle. EE was wearing the appropriate PPE. EE is properly trained, has a good safety attitude. EE did not violate any rules, regulations or policies.

Employee of Overley's, MSHA Contractor ID L576, was cleaning out a sump with a shovel when right leg contacted a piece of corroded rebar causing a laceration which required stitches. Employee returned to full duty after ER visit.

The employee was lifting a clevis for a LW shield and felt a pop in left shoulder. The employee continues to work but ee is now receiving physical therapy for the pain in shoulder. This is a NDL accident.

Employee was using a step ladder to paint from and when EE stepped down, EE missed bottom step.