Mining Incidents in October 2018

Unplanned Roof fall inby section dumping point.

While lowering the slope car to the bottom the car came to a stop and caused the hoist rope to backlash on the spool.

An unplanned roof fall occurred at 11:25 a.m. in the 1st East Panel 1 at spad 10+80, the roof fall was above anchorage, and continued into adjacent intersections. This is a worked out area, no escapeways or travelways effected. Floor to roof support were installed and area dangered off. This fall will not be loaded out.

A fall of roof occurred in the return entry of the 1st North Submain # 7 xc, entry # 3. The fall was approximately 50 long x 18.5 feet wide and the thickness was unknown.

Production hoist head rope #4 was found to be out of spec during regularly scheduled NDT testing. The hoist was taken out of service and work is underway to replace the production head ropes.

Due to geological conditions a roof Fall in E-Main wall #41 to #55. The fall was approximately 840' long in the #2 entry.

An unplanned roof fall occurred inby the section tailpiece at the 36 Bk intersection in the #4 entry on the D-Mains (MMU 001-0) section. There were no injuries or disruption to the ventilation system, but the remote controlled continuous miner is under the fall. This occurrence was immediately reported.

While completing a post blast examination a ground failure was discovered in the area where the blasting occurred at the 5600 Joyce South. Deteriorating ground conditions over time combined with recent blasting of material contributed to the failure.

Employee was traveling down in a passenger elevator and it stopped between the third and second floor. Elevator service company called/responded. MSHA also called because it would take longer than 30 minutes to get the employee out. Employee out in approximatively two hours. 19 Communication maintained. No injuries.

Miner was in the cement silo elevator when it unexpectedly stopped. EE was unable to get out of the elevator, waited for the service maintenance company to arrive. EE was in the elevator longer than 30 minutes prompting an immediate notification call to MSHA. The call was made in the allotted time and the miner was shortly after able to exit the elevator.

During routine maintenance on longwall equipment, a methane release was detected by monitoring equipment. Area was immediately evacuated and ventilation controls were adjusted to dilute the liberated gas. Gas continued to be emitted so as a precaution the mine was evacuated. MSHA was notified as courtesy through the 1-800 #.

An unplanned roof fall was discovered on #3 belt line at 53 block. The fall was approximately 35' long and 9 1/2' high. There was no one injured in the fall.

There was an unplanned roof fall on the 4-54 Road between xc 56 & cx 57.

Found an unintentional roof fall at break #33 on the Hall Mains-Track Entry. Fall dimensions were approximately 20 long by 20' wide by 6 feet thick.

An unplanned roof fall occurred above the anchor point in the #24 crosscut on #11 Mainline Track between the #1 and #2 entries. The fall was approximately 60 feet in length by 16 feet wide and 8-10 in height. There were no injuries involved with the incident. The fall does not affect ventilation. The crosscut is not used for passage.

Module in hoisting system failed causing the hoist to stop between levels. Miner was trapped for more than 30 minutes. No injuries.

A contracted mechanic was conducting hot work activities on a drill rig, in close proximity to three freshly drilled bore holes. As EE was using a cutting torch, EE alleges to have heard a noise come from one of the holes. There were no open flames or any material ejected from the hole.

The elevator was inoperable for an extended period due to an over travel fault. It was found that the elevator did not recognize one of the landing sensors. The sensors were cleaned or replaced and the elevator was recycled. No one was on the elevator at the time.

Roof fall occurred on Main North travel road, x-cut #5, entry #3. An action plan was submitted and approved by MSHA.

A fall of the roof occurred in the 3rd NE Mains, 4th North Intake, crosscut 46, from #3 entry toward #2 entry. The fall measured approximately 50ft. in length, by 20ft. in width, by 7-15ft. in height. This area has had additional standing support installed and the primary escape way has been re-routed.

An unplanned roof fall was discovered in the #4 belt line at 20 block. The fall was approximately 36' long x 8-10' high. No one was injured during the fall.

The screen for the central processor unit became inoperable on the hoist.

The continuous miner was conducting retreat mining on the 2nd left panel off of Beast Sub-mains when the continuous miner got stuck and then some rock fell and caught the continuous miner preventing it from tramming out of the cut.

IGNITION - Occurred as the headgate drive was raised about 7"" above the foot wall when a methane/frictional ignition occurred under the panline at headgate drive from the longwall face chain and was extinguished with water.

An unplanned roof fall occured at 22.5 crosscut of the North Mains Belt line. The fall measured 27' long, 16' wide, and 7' above the mine roof. No one was injured.

A non-injury accident occurred on the mines raw coal stock pile. An employee crossed an unknown void in a Cat D9 dozer causing the dozer to fall into the unknown void entrapping the miner.

An unplanned roof fall was discovered in the #4 belt line at 17 block. The fall was approximately 48' long x 8' high above the original roof line x the width of the heading. It did not impede ventilation and no one was injured.

An Ignition of methane has occurred in the No. 5 face on the 5 left panel. A methane bleeder had been cut into by the continuous mining machine. A spark created by a miner bit against the sandstone roof caused the ignition. The flash of methane was quickly extinguished by the water sprays which were on at the time of the incident.

An unplanned roof fall occurred above the anchor point at 2-32 3/4 crosscut to 2-34 crosscut. The fall was approximately 160 feet long by 16 feet wide and 8-10 feet high. There were no injuries involved with the incident. The fall does not affect ventilation but it does impede passage. The fall will be supported to gain access to travel the air course.

Coeur Hoist kept kicking out, replaced left brake limit switch.

Employee was operating 988 loader, when one of the rock trucks was backing in to get loaded, got too close to the loader boom and caught it with the bed and turned the loader over. The loader operator radioed the rock truck driver, but no communication was received by the rock truck driver. Upon investigation, the external speaker in the rock truck had quit working.

An unintentional roof fall was discovered by a Mine Examiner on the Lyons Mains Section. The roof fall was in the #6 Entry between spad #s L416 and L462 and measured 82 ft. L x 18' W x 12 ft. H. No people or equipment were damaged or ventilation disrupted.

Hoist car was down due to broken brake band.

An unintentional roof fall occurred in the #4 Belt Entry at Crosscut #11 on Hall Mains. Roof Fall was approximately 20' wide by 50' long and 12' thick.

While loading the face with explosives the air compressor on the powder trailer unexpectantly caught fire. The nearby employees quickly shut off the tractor powering the compressor and made the decision, with their supervisor, to evacuate the mine.

A roof fall was discovered on this date. The fall measured 10' by 20' and was 10' in thickness. The fall was located on 3-North-3, crosscut #83 in the #6 entry. No persons or ventilation was affected.

While x-raying the hoist rope, two broken wires were found within a single strand. The hoist was taken out of service and the rope was replaced.

On 10/12/18 an employee was cleaning to drill a slab round on the rib with a mucker. When ee rolled the mucker bucket back a small pop was heard. No injuries or damage was reported. The employee did not report the incident to management until 10/15/18.

A personnel elevator in the preheat tower stopped unexpectedly and 3 miners in the elevator were unable to get out for 48 minutes. The supervisor on duty called the immediate reporting hotline within 13 minutes of notification. A report was sent to the district office in Lansing.

A roof fall occurred in the #1 entry, 8 East section, at crosscut 31+25 extending approximately 70 feet outby. Approximate dimensions were 70 ft long by 22 feet wide by 6 feet high. The area was bolted with 6 foot long resin encapsulated rebar bolts.

A roof fall occurred in the 9 seam on the 8th 54 beltline between xcuts 7 & 8. The roof fall measured approximately 12'L x 6'T x 18'W. The fall will be cleaned up utilizing the MSHA approved roof fall clean up plan. The roof was supported with 6' fully grouted and 8' mega roof bolts. Date of development 3/2010.

69 caps and boosters were shown on the blast report for the blast on 9/27/2018. After investigation, the blasting contractor determined that 68 detonated during the 9/27/2018 shot.

The mine electrician was doing a daily examination on the Miracle Run Elevator, when they tripped the safety device, causing the cage to lock-up. Schindler Elevator Services had to be called to release the locks. No one was injured, and the employee was off the elevator at 2:45 pm.

An employee was loading haul trucks using the CAT 365B track hoe when the employee noticed the machine had caught fire. The employee exited the machine and called for assistance. The fire department extinguished the fire. The cause of the fire remains undetermined, and there were no injuries suffered.

A roof fall occurred on the primary escapeway. No one or equipment was involved.

An unplanned roof fall occurred above the anchor point at the 2-35 crosscut in the 2 South return air course. The fall was approximately 60 feet long by 16 feet wide and 8-10 feet high. There were no injuries involved. The fall does not effect ventilation but it does impede passage.

An unintentional roof fall occurred in 3 East Mains 2 Wall #1 Entry Intersection. There were no injuries as a result of this incident. Conditions contributing to the roof fall are humidity in the area and adverse roof conditions.

An unplanned roof fall was discovered in the 1st south sub-main intake out-by area at spad # 0+00. The area is not traveled except for examinations, no ventilation disruption experienced due to roof fall. Area previously supported, at time of mining, with 6' fully grouted bolts and supplemental supports consisting of 9' cable bolts.

An unplanned roof fall was discovered in the 16-M to 17-M walkway at 15 blk. The fall was approximately 20' long, 16' wide and 4' high. The fall was most likely caused by gradual deterioration of the entry.

Employee was completing security roving patrols in vehicle and blacked out causing the vehicle to wreck into out of commission scoop on haul road. Vehicle will be totalled due to excessive damage on passenger side including doors, fenders and bed of truck ripped and torn off.

A roof fall occurred when the mine was idle. It was discovered around 10:45 pm on 10-7-18. It occurred in room #3 of the 2nd West panel at the 240' station. The fall was 35' long, 18' wide and 3-4' thick. It didn't affect ventilation, passage of men, block an escape way, or injure anyone.

#3 and #2 Hoist lost power due to surface power issues. Evacuated mine.

No. 3 Hoist computer screen locked up, per instructions on screen - breaker was reset. Breaker would not reset - electrician turned main breaker off; everything reset.

An unplanned roof fall occurred on the 4th 48 MW travelway crosscut 219.

On 10/5/2018 at 3:55 pm the mine operator was made aware of three contract miners were stuck in the 5600 East 13800 Alimak raise due to a mechanical failure to the Alimak air motor & did not believe repairs could be made within the 30 minutes. MSHA hotline was called & notified by the operator at 4:13 pm. Repairs were made & miners were out of the raise at 7:30 pm.

A coal smoker was discovered in the middle pit and was not extinguished within 30 minutes.

An Unintentional roof fall occurred on the Grassy Creek Mains, 2 East Mains Development section Brk 21 in the #6 entry at SS #10470. The fall is Approximately 60 ft to the North and 60 Ft to the Northeast of SS# 10470 the fall height is unknown.

An unplanned roof fall occurred on the #7 belt track entry in the #37 intersection 40 back toward the #36 intersection in the #2 entry. The fall was danger and timber off. The track and life line was run to the #1 entry. The fall will be cleaned up to the rehabilitation cleanup plan.

A Roof Fall in the GOB area of the 2nd East Retreat (Partial-Pillar) section occurred that damaged, or knocked-out, as many as 37 Ventilation Controls, (Stoppings, Regulators & Overcasts). This caused the Air to reverse direction and/or short-circuit. It also caused Rock Dust to be suspended in the mine's air courses for several minutes.

Roof fall in the return from 55 number 50042 and 50052 in number 4 entry.

An unplanned roof fall was discovered in the 4 West #3 Entry at 24 1/2 to 25 block. The fall was approximately 50' long, 16' wide and 10' high. The fall was most likely caused by gradual deterioration of the entry.

An unplanned roof fall occurred in the 11 Mains North section. The fall was in the #4 entry between 13xc and 14xc. The fall was approximately 25 foot long from the middle of the entry to the left rib. It is approximately 8' high, which is 2' above the anchorage point.

An unplanned roof fall occurred on #19 belt BK #131 in the travel way. The fall measured 20' high X 20 wide X 9' high. The fall fell on top of a Brookville 10 ton motor impeding all travel

While installing a cable crossing, employee's right foot was caught under the crossing while a Rubber Tire Dozer was pushing it into place. Within approximately 5 minutes the employee's foot was released. Due to the gravity of the injury, the employee underwent a partial amputation of the right foot after being evaluated at Wyoming Medical Center in Casper, WY.

Employee lost control of 242D skid steer. Employee's negligence resulted in multiple collisions resulting in their LH index finger tip being amputated. Employee reported injury to another the lead person & was asked what happened they stated, ""I put my hand where it doesn't belong.""

Employee was leveling a bowl liner to get ready to pour and bowl liner came off forks and pinched between mantle and cribbing

Employee was in intersection waiting for the belts to come back on when a section of roof rock fell striking ee in the left foot causing a crushing injury and amputation of three toes. the rock measured 37"" wide 67"" long and 11"" thick.

The employee called control room to shut off 2 belt through 4 belt to inspect the sampler return chute. The employee climbed up to stand on the hand rail and leaned over the walkway using hands to steady themselves on the Chute wall. The employee Inspected the chute, went to push off and slipped causing their hand to slip into the chute causing the injury.

While making shop repairs to a spare mixer assembly, technician turned the internal rotor. The rotor became momentarily seized and released before the technician could remove their hand. Finger caught between the rotor assembly and the lid, causing the loss of a portion of the distal phalange, 1/3 of the fingernail, on the left ring finger.

The dust collector for the feldspar process collects fines in a bulk bag. The operator was making adjustments to the bag when operator slipped and fell. Operator put left hand out to catch self and caught a finger in the chain drive for the airlock.

Employee was riding on the side of the lead car in a string of cars when EE slipped while dismounting and fell under the car. The car ran over EE's legs severing both legs.

An employee was working with a Southwire M6K Maxis to pull wire. The individual got the left little finger caught in the rope; the employee couldn't get finger out or shut the tool off in time, amputating the top of the employees' fifth digit.

Miner bypassed the guard to access V belt on the head pulley Motor belt. After checking the tension of the V belt with fingers, the operator in the tower started the belt without sounding the alarm. This resulted in the Miner getting fingers entangled in the belt and pulley. The miner lost the tips of three fingers.

Employee lost footing, tried to catch self, and wedding ring got caught on a bolt on the windshield of motor. This resulted in skin tearing. The finger was later amputated, at the hospital, because of a lack of circulation in the finger.

EE was loading 5'resin in ee scoop bucket when ee felt a pain in left shoulder. EE had already loaded 20 bundles of glue before the incident.

EE was assisting to lift a roof bolter drill head approx. 24 inches off the floor into a personnel carrier so that it could be transported to the surface when EE experienced extreme pain in EE's lower back. The drill head weighed approx. 140 lbs. The injury occurred at the end of the section supply track way.

While removing the front pad housing steel from the double boom face drill the housing steel jumped up and struck the employee on the left eyebrow.

Employee was making sure that a tie-down strap was secure to truck. When ee pulled on the strap, it was loose, ee lost balance and fell. As ee fell the strap caught and pulled arm. This caused rotator cuff on right shoulder to tear.

IE was preparing to weld a steel liner onto the plant feed flop gate. The plate was lowered part of the way into place. As the IE was lowering the plate into place, left ring finger was lacerated and required 7 sutures to close.

EE was operating a walk-behind skid steer and was pulling backwards to be able to use the bucket to scoop up another load of material off the floor when EE's left shoulder made contact with a steel I-beam causing arm to jolt forward into the equipment controls injuring the wrist.

Employee got motor at 1 West Track 76 block and was walking along the track not paying attention to the pavement and twisted EE's ankle.

Employee was handling roof mesh and smashed finger between mesh and bolt.

EE was in #1 screen house sealing up cracks with caulking. EE had just finished the task and was on way back out when EE misjudged a step and fell forward landing on the catwalk edge cutting open left leg.

While chipping a weld, a piece of slag ricocheted off employee's forehead went behind their safety glasses and struck their left eye.

As an employee was moving a bottle jack, they felt pain in their arm. It was determined that a tendon was torn. On 11/26/18, the employee had surgery to repair the tendon.

Employee was walking through a crosscut when ee stepped in a rut causing to roll ankle.

Employee was changing clothes prior to the end of their shift in locker room. While removing their pants, the employee's foot got caught in the pant leg. The employee fell over and struck their head on the edge of a locker. Employee received stitches and staples.

EE went to work truck to get a drink & grabbed a 1-gallon windshield wiper fluid bottle from the bed of the work truck that had contained antifreeze (the bottle was labeled in ""antifreeze"" in sharpie) believing it was a Gatorade mix bottle. EE poured some into EE's water bottle and drank half the bottle before realizing something was wrong. Employee was advised to go to hospital.

Employee stated was walking around a forklift charger and stepped on a rock and lost footing causing EE to twist knee. On 11/1/2018 Employee sought medical care and was placed off work under doctors care.

When lifting scoop battery lid to vent gases when charging. Employee was using left hand to lift lid and right hand to position lid support. Employee thought support was in its slot to hold lid and left go of lid dropping the battery lid on right arm.

EE was holding onto an area where a ""Nut"" was attached with a wrench while another employee was using another tool a ""Power Wrench"" to loosen the nut. The vibration from the ""Power Wrench"" caused ee to loose grip, the wrench ee was holding onto ""slipped"" and the result was a ""Fractured finger"".

As the employee was hand loading bundles of glue onto a roof bolter, EE felt a sharp pain in the lower back and shoot down the left leg. EE's doctor believes EE has a pinched nerve and is expected to make a full recovery without requiring surgery. EE began missing work on 10/30/2018.

Locking out power to wash screen, when panel arc flashed and the injured employee suffered 2nd degree burns to back of hand and 1st degree burns to face and arm.

Gripping Jaw clamp was being used to position conveyor belt. The clamp slipped off of belt and contacted employee's hands fracturing right pinkie and left thumb.

IE stated picked up a bundle of bolts, began to turn towards the hauler, feet got tangled up on a pallet of supplies and started to fall. During the fall, IE tossed the bolts and tried to catch balance. Left arm/shoulder twisted and rolled in a backward motion. IE was brought out of the mine, taken medical facility & arm placed in a sling, with no use of left arm.

The employee had been in a sitting position for roughly five minutes, when they stood straight up and immediately experienced a sharp pain in their lower left back. The employee could not stand straight afterwards, without continually experiencing pain.

Employee was in the right side return airway coming off of overcast when EE slipped on steps and hurt back and neck.

Employee stated EE was at the feeder attempting to restart the feeder when the left S/C struck EE.

Employee was removing bad belt frame when EE mashed left index and middle finger.

Employee was operating a cement mixer at a crib plant. EE stepped off of the operator's platform and twisted right knee. Please note that the employee continued to work unrestricted until 11/2/2018. Officially off of work 11/5/2018.

EE was constructing permanent stopping when EE sprained knee, EE seeked medical attention on a later date becoming a RLT on 11/1/18. Cause of this incident was lack of employee concentration. PPE was not a factor, mining systems was not a factor, compliance with rules/regs was not a factor, miner proficiency was a factor.

A fully trained miner was rock dusting the belt when the pressure was turned on the duster the hose struck ee in the left knee. The injury was not the result of any compliance issues nor were any protective guards involved.

A fully trained miner was welding when a piece of hot slag went into their left ear. The injury was not the result of any compliance issues nor were any protective guards involved.

EE was tightening the cats on a continuous miner (CM). As they were positioned on the mine floor beside the CM, a piece of loose draw rock that was resting on the top of the CM shifted and fell striking them on the right ankle/foot, causing a fracture. They saw the loose material prior to squatting down, but did not think that it would move. EE began missing time on 10-29-18.

Employee stated EE was helping move CM cable out of the way when MRS cable pulled down and struck employee in the back of the head straining EE's neck. Employee sought medical treatment on 10/30/2018 and was given three days away from work.

Employee was cleaning beside crusher. A rock rolled over feeder edge and fell striking employee in shoulder. Do not know extent of injuries at this point. Update: Shoulder was bruised, no broken bones.

Employee was riding on a man bus when the bus came off the track. Employees were trying to jack bus back up on track. Employee was using a jack and the bar slipped out of the jack causing employee to fall and fracture their right leg.

While tightening all-thread on steel set, employee was struck by material on the conveyor belt on the wrist, causing them to lose their balance and strike their shoulder on the beam.

Employee twisted back while entering scoop deck.

Employee was driving rock truck and a rock was dumped and slid across bed of rock truck and employee stated felt pain in lower back.

Employee was placing pressure on a pin on the long arm to get the pin past the notch to position it on the chuck. The pin slipped off the long arm and snapped back striking employee's right hand. Employee was taken for examination and returned to work next shift and worked until a recheck of the hand on 11-18-2019, at which time employee was placed off.

Employee was loading bolts into the tray when they felt a pain in their back. Employee returned to work on 10/26/18, but was taken off work by a physician on 10/29/18 awaiting an MRI.

Miner injured upper left arm when operating a haul truck and hitting a bump in the travel way.

Employee was holding 2 x 4's. Another employee was using sledge hammer and hit first employee on left hand. Injuring index finger.

Employee #1 signaled employee #2 to back up motor to take tension off of the water car coupler. Employee #1 thought the water car was uncoupled from the motor and told employee #2 to pull away. The water car was not uncoupled and was pulled over top of employee #1's foot when the motor moved forward.

The injured employee was working with another employee, loosening nuts on a jaw motor to adjust it. The injured employee was leaning forward, pushing on a wrench when the wrench slipped. This caused the employee to be forced forward over the side of the jaw frame where the employee fell on the dirt. The employee was about 5 feet off of the ground.

Employee was cutting a strap off a bundle of 4 foot bolts with utility knife, sat knife on the scoop with blade still out, pulling on bolts slipped cutting forearm with knife.

Employee was putting up curtain board when drill steel got stuck. EE was pulling on steel and board slapped top causing a piece of rock to strike ee on finger pushing it against pot of roof bolter resulting in a laceration.

Employee was shutting door on back of trailer, tripped over a crib block of wood and fell down.

EE had noticed a belt roller that was frozen on the belt line. EE thought that EE could free it using EE's hammer, but when EE hit the roller, the hammer got caught between the belt & roller, pulling EE's left arm around the top roller. X-rays revealed a small fracture in the scapula. EE also had swelling in the arm that required surgery to remove pressure.

Employee was at sand & gravel plant and went to pull lever, slipped, and fell. EE put out hand to catch self and the left hand hit a few crushed #2 gravel on deck and cut hand.

Employee was on 6 West belt lifting a belt structure rail when it came free. This motion caused employee to overexert causing employee to experience pain in left wrist and elbow. No equipment involved. The employee lacked concentration. No PPE or protective devices on equipment were involved.

A fully trained miner was traveling through a man door when ee tripped. When falling ee caught self with left arm injuring shoulder. The accident was not the result of any compliance issues nor were any protective guards involved.

Employee walked downs stairs slipped on step. No fall. EE has three points of support.

While breaking a rock with a sledge hammer, employee smashed right index finger between rock and hammer handle, causing a laceration requiring stitches.

Employee stated was dismounting a school bus used to transport miners when the employee slipped and fell going down the steps. In the process of the fall employee hyper extended knee. Employee was taken off work under doctors orders.

EE overfilled bucket of bobcat with rock from under crusher hopper, EE was backing up. When positioning bobcat to dump material, bobcat tipped backward into uneven ground causing rocks to fall from back of bucket into cab on miner's leg. Rock lodged into bucket pedal control causing more rocks to fall into cab and strike miner on right leg, causing contusions and abrasions.

Dropped a piece metal on left foot while loading onto a roller.

Employee was hanging a miner cable overhead, they slipped and injured right shoulder.

There were scattered showers prior to the accident The Terex began to slide on the final slope entering the crusher floor EE steered to the right. While making the turn the articulated dump box turned over towards the left by the momentum the cab section remained in the upright position.

Check heating issue in skidsteer, EE did not close the door to the skidsteer and when moving the cab the door swung and caught their left hand, causing injury to the ring and middle fingers. Both fingers required stitches.The finger tip on the middle finger does have a fracture also.

The injured employee was palatalizing rocks when another employee dropped a rock on the injured employee's foot behind the steel toe portion of the boot.

The employee was cleaning outby the temporary tailpiece on #4 belt, when a rock came off the belt and struck them in the leg. The employee did not violate and laws or company policies and was wearing all the appropriate PPE.

Stepped out of guard shack and tripped over a rock and hurt hand and side

The employee was working on roof purlins, installing the insulation and roof panel when Ee slipped and fell through the insulation to the interior of the building. The cable of the retractable Ee was using snapped and Ee fell roughly 20' to the concrete floor below. We have been told Ee has 4 broken ribs and 3 fractured vertebrata.

Employee was helping pick up trash. The scoop operator dropped scoop bucket to mine floor. Employees foot was caught between the scoop bucket and the mine floor.

The employee was walking a weekly airway, when right foot slipped and employee twisted right knee. The employee did not violate any laws or company policies, and was wearing all the appropriate PPE.

Employee was exiting dozer cab when EE slipped and fell off platform landing on tracks.

Operator was unhooking a 1"" hose when operator felt a pain in arm. ER visit determined a strained shoulder and issued Rx and a follow up visit.

On October 21, 2018, Port Operator was shoveling lead/zinc concentrate spillage underneath the P28 conveyor belt. On October 23, 2018 the employee notified the Port Medic of a sore back. The employee was sent to the Mine for evaluation by the PA. The employee was sent off-site for further medical evaluation.

IE was assisting in the building of an overcast. As the crew lifted an I-beam IE felt a pain in the right shoulder. IE continued to work until 1/30/19 and that is when they started missed work due to this incident that happened on 10/21/2018.

Employee was carrying a K-door in the F29 section when employee tripped over an Omega Block causing employee to lose balance striking the back of head against the rib.

An employee was pushing a 55 gallon used grease drum with a drum dolly. While pushing the drum, the employee felt a sharp pain in back.

Employee slipped on a rock and fell, scraping left knee.

The miner was pulling on a strap attached to a horizontal drill's trailing cable when EE slipped and fell on the 1600' ramp floor. The miner fell on left shoulder and sustained what is believed to be a strain/sprain type of injury to the left shoulder.

Dismounting forklift, employee felt sharp pain in ankle.

Employee was assisting putting a cutting edge on a loader bucket. While raising the edge on a floor jack the cutting edge became unbalanced falling off the jack, employee's finger was under the edge when it fell. Employee required 4 stitches on right hand middle finger. Also the tip of the finger was fractured.

Employee suffered muscle strain and severe bruising after steering shaft broke on 768C haul truck. Broken shaft ripped supplemental steering harness out as well, leaving driver only able to hold on as truck ran off haul road into drainage ditch. Truck stayed on wheels at all times.

Employee was attempting to install a 6 foot resin bolt but the entry height was only5' 8"". When ee attempted to force the bolt into the hole ee felt a pain in back.

While walking employee stepped on uneven ground and felt a pain in left knee. Employee continued working until first day missed 11/19/18 when employee was diagnosed with a torn meniscus.

Employee was wearing PPE (goggles & hard hat), opened screen box to drain liquid, some substance still inside under pressure was ejected onto employee, getting into their eyes, eyewash begun immediately.

Employee was pulling a hose filled with water up a ladder and as ee got to the top of the ladder and was pulling the rest of the hose up, ee turned to the right and felt a pain in abdomen.

Employee was lifting a rock to put on the EC belt when employee felt a strain in left shoulder causing employee a lot of pain resulting in damage/tears to left rotator cuff.

A rental crane rolled forward during the process to dismantle the machine. The boom of the machine struck the porta-john that employee was in.

On 10/18/2018 the employee was grinding angle iron when EE felt something in EE's right eye. EE continued working and it wasn't until 10/23/2018 when discomfort lead EE to seek medical attention. EE had a small flake of metal in EE's right eye that had to be removed. EE was wearing safety glasses at the time of the incident.

Employee was closing the gate to the elevator when EE's little finger on the left hand got caught between the gate roller and the gate.

Employee was walking and draw rock fell and hit employee in the back as employee was walking toward the LoLo the equipment was backing in the hole and caught softline against Lolo causing softline to strike employee in the ribs.

EE reached for the next crib to move as another EE went to put a crib down on top of stack. Crib block landed on top of EE's hand.

IE caught left hand (second and third finger) in fan area of roof bolt machine.

Employee was building a stopping. When installing a cap wedge employee hit thumb with a hammer

EE's were pinning a belt splice together and the belt clamp broke and struck left ankle and foot.

Tightening bolt on face plate and something pulled or popped in right shoulder.

EE was a passenger in a golf cart while traveling underground. As the golf cart traveled under an overcast, it started up a grade outby the overcast, and collided with a ram car (dust hauler) that was traveling through a ventilation curtain. Injured EE struck right leg against something on the golf cart causing a partial fracture to the tibia, just below the knee.

Put hand on side of conveyor to adjust stance, pulley slid and smashed fingers.

Employee was retrieving a piece of belt structure when ee stepped on a belt bed rail and twisted right knee.

Injured Employee had driven a cold chisel into a gap on a mill journal to spread the pinch flange to remove a shaft from the journal. While attempting to remove the chisel from the gap it was dislodged and came free unexpectedly and with high force hitting ee in the tibia of right leg at about halfway down from the knee.

Employee was walking past the power center and while walking employee stepped on a ledge causing employee to roll left ankle.

STARTED DOWN THE LOADER LADDER AND MISSED STEP. ENDED UP ON BACK.

While working near the surge bin, EE fell off an A frame style ladder approximately 3-4 feet. EE suffered lacerations to EE's right arm and head. Treated and cleared to return three days later.

Employee was standing on the drag bucket to knock the drag cable out of the crow foot on the bucket. When EE tossed a drag chain out of the way it struck EE's foot causing EE to jump to the ground (1 1/2' down) and subsequently twisted knee. Mild strain of knee.

IE was dismounting from Co# 10-12 D11 dozer when they slipped and fell landing on the tracks of the dozer. EE was taken to local emergency room, follow up visit on the 17th with company physician indicated acute nondisplaced fracture of the L4 vertebrae.

Employee was removing a oil filter and felt sharp pain in right shoulder. Employee did not start missing time from this injury until 10/19/2018.

The employee was assisting with a shovel move. The employee and three others were preparing to place the cable in the mule when the employee felt a pain and pop in right calf muscle.

***1st day of treatment 10/26/18*****climbing out of the truck, foot caught step & twisted, hurt right leg

The employee was in the process of cutting off a corner in the #6 entry on #1 unit. As they sheared down, a small flat rock, that was resting on the boom of the miner, slid off the miner and struck them in the left foot. X-rays revealed a small fracture in the 2nd toe on the left foot. EE is expected to make a full recovery without any surgery being required.

EE arrived at the Annual Refresher class and later could not rise out of the seat. EE told the Safety Manager that the back was hurting due to pot holes in the haul road. On the initial doctors visit there were no restrictions. When the EE returned to the doctor on 10/22/18 for a follow up and was still in pain, the doctor gave EE a back brace.

Employee went to step up on the cement block and knee made a pop sound. Employee was limping after that point.

EE was operating a radio remote controlled continuous miner when EE was struck on the top of the head by a piece of roof rock measuring approximately 65 inches long by 21 inches wide by 1 inch thick. Resulted in a fracture to EE's C4 vertebrae.

Employee was chopping coalburg rider in the left cast pit when they experienced a sudden sharp pain in the lower back extending down the left leg.

Truck driver was jarred while being loaded and reported a back strain.

Employee was cutting conveyor belt with a utility knife when the knife slipped cutting the employee above right knee.

Employee was walking down the hill at cross cut 4 on H-2 belt when foot slipped causing employee to twist left knee. Employee did not start missing time from this injury until 12/10/2018.

Injured worker was involved with a slip, trip and fall incident in which the IW fell striking EE's head on the mine floor. IW was taken to the emergency room and immediately released to full duty. IW remained working, but continued to experience symptoms related to the injury. IW's first loss time date was on 10/25/2018.

While traveling in a rail mounted mantrip, miner injured back when the mantrip struck a broken rail causing the machine to come to a sudden stop.

Employee was lifting the drop-off back on the flat before it fell off the car when employee felt a strain in left upper arm (bicep) resulting in a tear in left upper arm (bicep).

EE was walking from the mantrip to the face at the longwall when ee stepped on some loose material in the walkway and twisted right knee.

Loose Draw rock between rib and bolt, low mining height requiring miner to crawl limited space between roof bolter and rib.

Employee was replacing the anvils on a VSI crusher. The employees then used a 20 lb sledge hammer to loosen the anvils from the anvil ring. As the employee struck the 21st anvil, with the sledge hammer, a metal sliver flew out striking the employee on the right lower leg (shin). It was surgically removed.

A fully trained miner was opening a track door when EE struck self in the right thumb with the door handle. The injury was not the result of any compliance issues nor were any protective guards involved. NOTE: Employee did not begin missing work until 10/30/2018.

A fully trained miner was walking on Fish creek bottom when ee hit head on a roof bolt jamming neck. The injury was not the result of any compliance issues nor were any protective guards involved.

While doing maintenance on the dryer a chain fall broke loose and struck a worker in the safety glasses. The impact caused safety glasses to cut cheek and nose requiring stitches

Lifted a heavy machine part and strained back

Helped lift a drill box out of a pickup truck bed. Later in the day neck and shoulder started hurting.

EE was operating forklift repairing roads after Hurricane Michael. EE hit a small pothole/sinkhole in the road that they backed away from, and said their neck hurt. EE went to the doctor to get checked out. The doctor said nothing was wrong with them, but wrote them out of work during the next shift due to soreness. This makes the accident reportable.

During a mine rescue drill SMET team members were simulating a Hitachi 2500 shovel operator extraction. Two SMET team members were transporting the patient via backboard out of the cab. The load unexpectedly shifted when the uninjured SMET member's grip slipped and the backboard momentarily tilted.

The individual was shoveling sand when EE felt something in EE's bicep and shoulder area. EE worked on 10/12 day shift called in after the shift said EE would not be in on 10/13 for work. EE was going to the doctor.

Employee stated they slipped and scraped right lower leg on track of Cat 330 excavator.

Employee was scooping 1 Left entry in 5-E, the future 5-E longwall face. When employee exited scoop, felt pain in lower back. Employee has history of back problems.

EMPLOYEE WAS ON SPARE BOOM PART TRYING TO REMOVE A METAL TUBE WHEN THE TOOL BROKE/SLIPPED. EMPLOYEE LOST BALANCE/FOOTING AND FELL A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 4-6 FEET DOWN TO THE GROUND, LANDING ON LEFT ANKLE. ER X-RAY RESULTS OF A BROKE BONE ABOVE THE ANKLE, AND SOME SMALLER FRAGMENTS ALSO.

The haul truck operator was getting loaded by a shovel in the CHOP pit. The operator experienced pain in the back and neck area after the third bucket was placed in the truck. Ee was seen at the ER and subsequent follow-up at Golden Health. The ee was put off work and started in physical therapy.

While in the process of drilling a bolt hole, when a piece of rock fell from the roof ,striking the canopy of the roof bolter and a piece 12""X 10""X 1-0"" struck right hand's ring finger causing an avulsion of the of the skin from the very tip of finger. EE finger was caught between the rock and the tray on the roof bolter. No bone damage. Started Missing work on 10/12/18

The loader made a sudden stop after EE hit a sub-terrain rock. EE's body was jarred from the incident.

On 10/10/18 at approximately 1130 am the operator was operating the bolter in 16N22. Installing 8 foot roof bolts from the basket of the roof bolter. While inserting the 7th bolt, the lift cylinder bottom mounting pin boss had a structural failure causing the boom and basket assembly to fall approximately 18 feet, to the ground. The employee sustained multiple injuries.

Employee was hanging miner cable when they slipped on a small piece of slate rock and fractured the outermost distal toe which resulted in lost workdays.

EE was hanging a fan cable and said that they felt pain in their right shoulder. An x-ray showed a large amount of calcification indicating degenerative conditions in right shoulder. This is being reported as an occupational illness due to repeated trauma to the EE's right shoulder.

EE sprained ankle while stepping out of mobile equipment.

Employee was bolting with another EE using a single boom bolter. While re positioning the bolter for the next bolt the operator dropped the ATRS and it hit a drill steel which the helper was holding and pushed the drill steel down onto the Injured EE's right foot.

Employee was walking up belt entry when employee hit head on brow in a dip causing pain in neck and down back.

Employee stated was moving cutting slack out of the roadway when a small piece of rib rock fell out from the top of the rib and struck employee on top of right foot. IE sought medical attention on Friday 10/12/2018 where IE was diagnosed with a fractured bone in foot and was taken off work by IE's doctor.

Employee was pulling a curtain across the section to hang and tripped on curtain fell on left hand and sprang thumb

Employee had just finished installing last split set bolt for the bolt up in footwall rib. When pulling jackleg off the bolt, a rock fell from corner of the face & footwall contact at shoulder height. Rock contacted employees left side & when it landed on ground fell onto left ankle. Seen by medic, referred to ER, X-rays positive left ankle fracture, restrictions issued.

Employee went to catch water hose so it would not fall and when reached ee felt a pop in shoulder blade down back.

Pushing pallet of dica wrap onto a pallet and hurt left shoulder. (Popping noise in shoulder joint)

A fully trained miner was loading belt structure when EE felt pain in the groin and back. The injury was not the result of any compliance issues nor were any protective guards involved.

Operator slipped on bottom step getting off of front end loader,twisting ankle when their hit the ground. Employee refused to be evaluated beyond first aid the day of accident. Employee asked to get it looked at on 10/16/2018. Medical Exam concurred ankle was broken.

Cleaning up spill on backside of unit tailpiece. While preparing to cross over belt slipped and fell, straining left knee. Employee continued to work until surgery on 05-09-2019.

Employee was watching coal flow through the CMI when a surge of water came, knocked ee backwards into a handrail and caused ee to hit knee. It did not involve any equipment or compliance issues. It also did not involve job skills, proficiency, training, PPE or protective devices.

Employee was using high pressure water hose to wash out a pan feeder when the pressure of the hose caused the nozzle to flip back and strike employee above R-eye socket.

The employee was working on 9 North Section. The employee was bolting supplies on the miner, when they lifted up to place on the miner they felt a pop in the left shoulder. The employee was wearing all the appropriate PPE and did not violate any laws.

EE was pulling excess curtain from the mine floor to advance curtain on bolt cycle in the face. A rock measuring approximately six inches wide by seven inches long by three inches thick dislodged from the mine roof and struck ee on left shoulder. EE finished shift but went to the emergency room later in the evening with complaints of shoulder pain.

Employee was struck in head and knocked to ground by a piece of draw rock and struck in legs by more draw rock.

Repairing tailgate latch on RD800 Mack truck, accident happened when removing the cribbing that was installed to provide safety while repairs were made. The operator and help pulled back to remove crib, operator failed to move hand and was pulled into latch and crushed fingers.

Employee was loading roof bolts onto the roof bolter from the scoop bucket. Another employee raised the scoop bucket and the pins began to shift and started falling, the employee kneeled trying to keep the pins from falling out of the scoop bucket. At this time the roof bolter started backing up and ran over the employee's foot.

Employee was driving service truck thru pit on haul road. EE drove into a large water formed pothole and jarred back.

The employee was installing heater pipes when they struck their shoulder against an upright pipe flange. The employee went to the doctor a couple weeks later due to the pain they were experiencing, and on 12/27/2018, quit working.

IE was in the process of manually resetting a breaker on a battery scoop. A protective cover had to be removed to gain access to the breaker. After it was reset the IE was re-installing the cover, when it slipped and smashed the end of the middle finger

Operating Dozer on gravel when a pre-existing hernia worsened. *for clarity, original cause of hernia was not work related.

The employee was breaking down a Pump, and changing it out with an air pump. At the end of this process the employee had pain in lower back. The employee was wearing all the appropriate PPE at the time of the incident.

Employee stated EE tripped on a wash down hose and stepped on a cable causing EE to twist the right ankle. Employee sought medical attention and was diagnosed with a sprain ankle. Employee was taken off work under doctors care.

EE was opening a large (3 ft by 6 ft) mandoor that was part of an airlock. Unknown to ee the door in this airlock was not fully closed and when ee opened the door ee was going to pass through ee felt pain in left bicep and shoulder.

Employee saw that a fork was lose on the Lo-Trac and went to try and put the fork back on mast, when the fork fell off the Lo-Trac landing on employees foot causing injury.

Slipped on tram struck knee on tram.

While shoveling rock as part of stemming for a shot the employee strained back.

Employee was trying to install a bottom roller when EE crawled underneath the belt to use EE's back to lift the belt which resulted in a sprain/strain injury and lost work days.

The employee was bolting on the left side of the miner, when material fell out of the roof and struck the employee on the left shoulder and lower arm. The employee was wearing all appropriate PPE.

During third shift belt advancement shift, miner's left hand became caught between belt tailpiece and wooden timber resulting in fracture in left small finger.

Employee reached down to grab a hold of a curtain & started pulling it towards the face & felt a pain in stomach. The employee had helped hang a miner cable before moving the curtain. Mine wasn't notified till 10/9/2018

Employee was roof bolting in the No. 1 entry when the employee put hand on top of the canopy and the left ring finger became caught between canopy and roof mashing the finger requiring sutures.

Employee was assisting with lifting a chute using three ton come-a-longs, when they went to unhook from the frame they unhooked from chute causing it to come down hitting their left arm causing contusion.

Employee slipped on water bottle while exiting man trip and strained knee.

A fully trained miner was picking up block when a piece of the rib rolled out and landed on EE's left wrist. The injury was not the result of any compliance issues nor were any protective guards involved.

EE was installing cable bolt when expander became caught in screen, while freeing expander EE inadvertently rotated causing bolt to strike wrist. EE sought medical attention 10/13/18 becoming RLT. Cause of this incident was lack of EE concentration. PPE not factor,mining systems/compliance with rules/regulations not a factor, miner proficiency was factor.

Employee was drilling hole/bringing out steel, stopped halfway, dropped pot - when attempting to get steel out of hole, a rock fell striking employee finger against the drill pot.

The over the road gravel hauler was helping a coworker dump overloaded material near the scale house by letting the coworker know how much to dump. After dumping, employee reached hand in to latch the tailgate when hand got caught & lacerated requiring stitches. Employee did not realize it had an auto latch tailgate unlike employee's truck which has a manual latch.

Mantrip hit something causing it to go through the drain hole on the floor board fracturing employee's leg.

EE was putting a pontoon under a pipeline. While putting the cap on one of the pontoons, the cap fell and mashed finger.

While moving the miner cable over EE felt something pull in right shoulder, EE was moving cable over b/c it was too close to EE's Shuttle Car route. Dr. put off work until further test results.

Employee was mowing the grass and brush on berms. While moving the mower across the top of a berm towards the cab the blades struck a roof bolt that was lying horizontally under the brush. The roof bolt traveled end first through the windshield and struck ee in the tip of left thumb. It came to rest across lap.

Contract employee was stepping back away from a customer sand truck to look at the top hatch and tripped over a concrete footer. This caused EE to stumble back and come down on the right ankle then EE's body twisted and the foot did not, causing an ankle fracture.

They were repositioning the dredge in gusty winds when the starboard side positioning line became taught. EE attempted to ease the line out by pulling the dog back out of the sprocket teeth when ee did hand slipped off the winch handle causing it to free wheel the winch handle came around hitting right hand and ee nose as went down to the deck.

While inspecting spuds/poles on Dredge, tripped on discharge pipe injuring arm and shoulder

EE was cleaning material from under the hopper with a shovel. EE scooped up some material and turned to toss the material off the shovel and felt a pull in EE's back.

Employee was moving the splice platens on the 2450 radial stacker and felt pain in right elbow.

Employee stated that EE was backing up to stock pile to dump load. As EE raised the bed, EE felt the truck going onto its drivers side. After it was on its side, EE called for help on CB and was assisted by two employees to exit cab.

Employee stated they got off the bolter to attach curtain together where it overlapped, when a rib roll 35""L X 20""W X 13"" thick rolled out and struck employee's right ankle. This caused the employee to fall forward and injure their right knee. Employee was placed off work under doctors orders.

The employee was handling shield to shield hoses on the Longwall tear down face and felt pain in lower back. Employee worked till 10/09/2018 when employee was taken off work.

Truck driver was traveling Ball Hooter Hill when they saw 2 vehicles that were pulled over to side of road. Went to gear down, got truck out of gear, tried to put back in gear but didn't know what gear it was. Tried to use brakes but they didn't work. Decided to put truck in the ditch line to stop it. Truck turned over on its passenger side.

Sprained back while working in the yard.

Employee lost balance while on a belt crossover and fell on the moving belt underneath the crossover. Employee was pulled under the bottom of the crossover by the moving belt.

Employee slipped and fell as they were walking down a staircase at the Preparation Plant injuring their right knee and left upper arm. EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN WORKING SINCE DATE OF ACCIDENT UNTIL TAKEN OFF WORK ON 10/25/18 DUE TO SURGERY ON THE RIGHT KNEE.

Employee alleges they were in the process of breaking steel apart with a drill and they started feeling pain in the right shoulder. Employee started loosing time on 10/12/2018, but has returned to work on 10/16/2018.

On 10/03/18 Miner woke up in the morning with pain in left knee. Miner believes ee strained left knee from climbing in and out of manlift basket and leaning on basket rails when working on conveyor 23 bearings. Miner reported injury on 10/03/18

While walking on the 4 East longwall face the injured employee tripped over a relay bar and fell, striking hip on a shield during descent, resulting in a muscle strain in the left hip.

While employee was lifting 4 foot cribbing. EE felt a sharp pain in right shoulder. IE reported it to Supervisor and was taken to and seen at the Mine Clinic. IE was referred to another Clinic for further evaluation where Doctor determined it was a rotator cuff tear.

While changing a roller in the 6 North #1 belt take up, the injured employee felt pain in their right shoulder when they picked the roller up over their head. Diagnosed with a strain to the soft tissue of the shoulder.

Employee was walking next to belt line when EE slipped on a hose and as EE tried to stop the fall, employee strained left shoulder.

It was determined through a Part 50 Audit that this miner took a vacation day on 10/2/2018, that would have been reportable. We submit this in protest and to abate citation #9222848. Employee was using torches on a scoop bucket when a small piece of slag popped into left ear.

I.E. was bolting when a piece of shale fell from the roof. The I.E. saw it coming and twisted to get away from the rock. While twisting to get away they fell into the side of the bolter and felt a pop in their lower back. Comp deemed this injury as pre-existing, reporting due to lack of evidence to support.

Employee was using a pointed bar to operate a track jack. Employee stepped on the point with right foot to push down. The point went through EE's boot and broke the skin.

A fully trained miner was lifting a jack when ee felt pain in groin area. The injury was not the result of any compliance issues nor were any protective guards involved.

Haul Truck driver was being loaded when the first dipper released into the truck a large boulder struck the bed jarring the employee. EE was taken to the ER and was given time off work.

EE was dismounting a loader, misjudged the steps and missed the last step. Injury was lower back strain NOTE: No lost time occurred until 9-6-2019 when we could no longer accommodate light duty work status

The mechanic was using a 4# sledge hammer to drive a new pin for the spade bucket tooth of the 988B Front End Loader when hammer contacted the employees left pinky finger. Bleeding and swelling to the pinky was noticed immediately and the employee was taken to the clinic. The wound was stitched up, a rigid splint was issued and the employee was referred to an Ortho.

Employee was using a a cheater pipe ratchet to adjust the belt on the tail pulley at the hopper. Employee was pushing away from EE's body on ratchet when it sprang back and struck EE on the right lower part of EE's face and jaw. EE had a split lip with contusion and some tooth damage. EE received stitches in the lip and went to a dentist.

Employee was trying to repair lights on top of skid steer. Employee was standing on the entrance exit platform attempting to bend the cab shield up to repair lights. Wrench slipped causing employee to fall onto the bucket dislocating right shoulder.

Employee stated that employee stepped in mud and as employee pulled leg out, felt pain in the back of left leg.

While shoveling belt, the miner turned to empty shovel on belt and felt a pop in knee.

Employee stated ee and another employee were attempting to place a strap on the T-bar when ee was cut by the strap on wrist during the exchange. The employee received 10 stitches and was placed off work under doctor's orders.

It was determined through a Part 50 Audit that this miner took a vacation day on 10/2/2018, that would have been reportable. We submit this in protest and to abate citation #9222849. Employee was replacing belt rollers when the roller slipped from employee's hand and fell into mud. Mud was splashed into employee's face.

While using a come-along to separate longwall dollies on the monorail, the hook broke free and struck employee on the forehead.

An employee strained their right knee on 10/31/2018. They did not have any restrictions placed on them on 10/31/2018. The employee went for a follow up recently and at this point was given restrictions and reported them to the supervisor.

Employee was using a pry bar to get a chute door back in place when the pry bar slipped.

Rock fell & hit blaster while loading shot in man basket.

EE was cutting off the inner race to change a bearing on the tail pulley of the screen feed belt. The splatter from the torch was landing directly onto a Chain Jack chain link. The Chain Jack was being used to horizontally suspend the tail pulley assembly. The chain link gave away which immediately caused the tail pulley assembly to release horizontally and pin EE's hand.

While connecting discharge water pipeline together employee pulled the collar from the bottom of the pipe around to secure the lock straining shoulder.

Employee was given restrictions on 11/5/18 making this an MSHA reportable. Employee felt discomfort in the left knee while turning body and lost balance. When falling, employee struck the lower part of the left thumb on a grinding ball. Employee reported both knee and thumb pain.

Employee was working on a belt splice replacement. As EE was pulling on the belt, EE felt a pain in the right shoulder.

While lifting a 5 gallon can of fuel a miner felt a pain in the groin area. EE was examined at a Medical Clinic and told EE may have a small hernia. They set up an appointment to see a specialist and released EE on Modified Work Release. The full Diagnosis has not been received at this time.

Employee was clearing a jam on the thin stone saw. Employee did not lock out machine when opening the door. Employee used the belt and leverage to try to free the caught stone and caught glove behind stone and pulled hand between belt and non-operating blade.

EE smashed EE's fingers while bricking. While using the ram to put pressure on the bricks, the tube broke and smashed EE's fingers against the shell.

Walking from 725 Haul Truck to the fuel dispenser miner stepped in rut in the ground and twisted ankle. Diagnosed with strained or partially torn ligament and put in a walking boot for 2 weeks. Work was restricted as to standing and walking activities but not restricted as to driving or operating equipment.

Employee was examining beltline and felt pain in right knee.

Employee was descending a permanent 4' ladder in the shop to the lube pit when they fell backwards to the ground hitting their head and shoulder causing a bump and concussion.

Employee was pulling HDPE pipe with an ATV when the ATV struck a large rock. The ATV stopped abruptly and the employee hit knee on the fender.

As EE was chiseling a slab, a large sheet came off the back and bounced up hitting the slab, tipping it toward EE. EE wasn't able to escape fast enough. The slab landed on EE's ankle and foot at a sideways angle.

At approximately 9am on October 22nd, employee sustained a back injury from losing balance and falling backwards from about 4-5 feet. The fall appears to be from an existing diabetic medical issue.

Employee was walking in the warehouse and a forklift came up beside employee and made a hard turn to the right and hit employee on the right side of body. It knocked employee down on the floor. Employee sprained left ankle. Employee is on restricted work duty.

Electrician was installing a label on the 11 dragline #5 matrix lift pump substation and stepped in the sled pull point opening with left foot. The employee fell backward resulting in a fracture to left leg.

Employee was going up steps of skid steer to pull the keys from the ingnition for the day. After retreiving the key, EE pivoted on EE's foot causing the boot tread to get caught in the step of the machine. Employee was thrown off balance and fell approx 2' to ground on right shoulder.

Employee was dragging drisco pipe and stepped on uneven ground and twisted knee. EE did not miss work until ee was seen on 3/18/2019 and it was determined ee needed surgery.

EE stepped out of truck and heard a loud pop in knee.

The employee was injured in the left hand and leg when EE was struck by metal chips from a hammer.

While descending steps from third to second floor, employee's feet got tangled causing fall. Employee reached with right arm and grabbed railing to break fall and felt pain and soreness to right shoulder area. Employee was taken to local Urgent Care for observation and placed on restricted duty.

Running oil through a wire wheel and a piece of the wire came out and went into my right eye. The wire was sticking out of the eye. Miner was transported to a local hospital where surgery was performed to remove the metal.

Climbing down front Ladder of Haul Truck #64 at coffee break and missed the bottom step Fell to the ground on left side Hip. Could not put pressure on it was taken by ambulance to the Hospital to be examined.

Employee was handling a 4x4 dunnage and got a wood splinter in the palm of right hand. Employee pulled out splinter, but may not have gotten the entire splinter out. A week later employee went to doctor with what appears to be an infection the area.

Maintenance Tech working on folding ladder. Descended ladder and stepped onto concrete floor, rolled ankle, lost balance, fell onto equipment stand, striking left side rib cage. 40 hours later, they felt sharp pain. Evaluated at local hospital emergency room, diagnosed with a fractured rib. EE was off work for two days, then released to modified duty (lifting restrictions).

Operator said they got right shoulder strain from performing hand add for the batch operation. Operator did not report the condition until 3-19-19 and said it occurred back in October 2018.

Employee was cleaning the conveyor belt with a Vac Truck, when their arm was injured by the suction hose.

As cable was being rolled up it became stuck in some mud and when it broke free the cable struck employee. Employee regained footing and while walking back to the vehicle started feeling pain. Employee called for supervisor and was taken to clinic for evaluation. The employee's leg was fractured and they were unable to return to work for next scheduled shift.

EE was walking backward dragging the continuous miner cable and water line when ee tripped over a loop of the slack and fell onto back. Resulted in a contusion to ee right tricep and lower back and ee also hyperextended left knee.

Failure to shut the coal feed off to the west roaster, causing a back draft inside the entoleter and large of amount of heat.

On 9/30/2018 worker had been pulling out wire. An hour later while walking around the plant the worker's back started to become sore. The worker had been feeling better but then while walking on 10/13/2018 felt a pop in back and pain. Worker sought medical treatment on 10/25/2018 which then became restricted duty.

On 10/15 EE notified of leaving ER & due to sciatica. After having pain on 10/15 while outside of work EE believes it is related to near miss on 10/11. No previous indication of any injury or pain leads Worker's Compensation to investigate, but no determination made yet. Interim report is filed to meet 10 working day req until determination made.

EE lifted counterweight felt pain in groin area on 10/11/18. EE did not report incident in any manner. EE had surgery for hernia on 12/20/18. Initially incident deemed non work related due to lack of reporting and facts. As more facts found injury was deemed work related. Lack of reporting and duration of investigation is reasoning for delay in filing of incident.

EE lifted and carried 12""x12""x36"" cribbing weighing approx. 160lbs

A welder was taking off coveralls when the welder heard a tearing noise in arm.

Employee claims they stepped into water and got water in their boots. The company was not notified of this incident until 10/22/18 when the employee's spouse called the company Safety Superintendent stating they were in the hospital for an infection.

Employee stepped off a ladder in to a covered ground of debris. Employee hopped to an area with less debris and landed on a metal Morris Coupling and rolled their left ankle.

Employee threw paper in the trash and missed. EE rolled over with the chair to pick it up. When reaching down to pick it up the chair went out from underneath EE. EE fell on shoulder injuring it. Initially evaluated by physician. Recently rotator cuff surgery scheduled for 12/26/18 triggering a lost time reportable

EE states EE was changing out an LP cylinder on a portable welder at the entrance of 16c feeder(outdoors on road base gravel). The EE states EE unexpectedly stepped on some uneven ground resulting in pain to left lower back and leg. EE has on-going, non-work related back issues EE is treated for. Aggravation of a non-work related illness resulting in restricted duty work.

EE was using a truck boom to push down the pusher bar to push bead seat band down. The boom slipped off the pusher bar while EE was reaching under to install the o-ring. The boom slipped pinching EE's finger. Left middle finger laceration received 17 stitches.

Individual was changing v belts on a drive motor when their fingers became caught between the V belts and the pulley causing lacerations to the thumb and middle two fingers

The injured miner was jackhammering in the quencher dryer and removing the loose material with a shovel. When EE bent over and twisted to remove the material, EE felt a pull in lower back. EE did not seek medical attention until 10/07/2018.

Employee was carrying a D ring chain down the longwall face when a hook from the chain caught on a shield hose causing employee to strain shoulder and lower back. The employee continued to work till 07/10/2019 when employee went off work for shoulder surgery.

3 employees were tasked with fusing 18"" HDPE pipe to re-route a main water line. The injured employee was positioned at the pipe fuser. While the skidsteer was lowering the pipe onto the stand; the pipe got caught on the bottom clamp. The injured employee attempted to line the 2 pipes up; the pipe shifted causing the employee's hand to get crushed and pinched between the 2 pipes.

while installing the 122 steel paddles mount on a log shaft being prepared for placement in log washer, using a ratchet to tighten bolts, the ratchet slipped causing employee to lose balance. EE fell and twisted right leg/foot.

An employee lost footing while going down the set of steps from the 3rd floor MCC room to the 3rd floor of the plant. The fall resulted in a strained left shoulder that required surgery on 11/22/19.

Employee was attempting to weld a plate on the crusher, the plate slipped, EE tried to catch it and left a sharp pain in EE's right shoulder.

Injured was bolting in the #2 entry of the P1-F, while they were installing the middle bolt, injured dropped the drill pot on top of their right foot. Injured continued working and when arrived on surface the foot had began to swell and injured was taken to ER for evaluation. It was discovered with x-ray they had small fractures on top of the foot.

Employee's were attempting to empty a small metal scrap bin into a dumpster. They were using an overhead hoist to raise the bin. Upon turning the bin over to empty it out, one employee got hand pinched between the bin and dumpster, causing a contusion to right hand.

Employee was setting a hydraulic jack when they felt a pop and lost strength in their arm.

The employee was attempting to unclog a clogged pipe using an air hose. When the pressure was turned on to the air hose the line whipped around wildly and toggle fitting cut arm.

EE was dismounting off of a blade and slipped on the bottom step, putting pressure on left arm/shoulder. EE heard and felt a pop in shoulder. EE began to feel pain in shoulder.

While moving miner cable and miner waterline to the rib, EE felt a burning sensation in the upper left arm.

Employee reported that while descending haul truck ladder at tie down, knee buckled causing employee to fall

The employee was attempting to remove a hose with a wrench when ee strained left hand.

Articulating dump truck driver lost control of vehicle and was knocked unconscious, resulting in a collision with a front end loader. Truck driver sustained head trauma as a result.

Employee was performing maintenance on #2 screen. Using a pry bar on counter weight when bar slipped. Felt the right shoulder pop. Employee is the superintendent for the welding team. At the time of the accident they had no lost time or restrictions. Later MRI was done and found a torn rotator cuff. Surgery on November 28, 2018.

EE was hanging cables throughout the shift. During the shift EE states felt a tightening in the groin area. This incident was not reportable until EE was placed on restricted duty on 11/7/2018.

A maintenance intern was observing mechanics replace pans on a conveyor when a co-worker pinched the intern in jest, startling the intern to the point where the intern's left knee buckled and the intern fell to the ground. The fall aggravated a previous knee injury to the point where medical attention was required.

EE was measuring a section of rail. EE's tape measure got stuck so EE reached down to pull on tape measure. While doing so the rail shifted and hit the steel toe of EE's left boot.

Operating loader and felt pop in low back.

EE was in the process of installing belt hangers using the roof bolting machine and 5 foot long roof bolts to secure the belt hangers to the roof when the 4th finger on ee right hand was caught between the drill pot and the ATRS. This resulted in an open fracture and tissue loss to this finger.

Employee claims that they slipped on rock pile, reported knee pain 11/1/18.

Employee caught right hand between wrench and hand rail while replacing belts on HSI Crusher.

Employee was scaling to mark out location, while scaling overhead, a piece of rock measuring 1'x2'x1' came down and hit employee on side of hardhat, cut neck and hit hand on way down to basket.

EE was installing the last roof bolt in the No.5 entry. EE claims to have felt a pop in the right shoulder.

haul truck operator stated they believe they were rough loaded and reported lower neck pain

EE was changing a tire when ee lifted the tire to install and pulled groin.

IW strained right elbow while pulling water hose up stairs. IW was given restrictions on 11/05/2018 which IW was unable to do job duties at full capacity.

EE and another coworker were picking up and moving ballard's. When ee put down a ballard ee felt a sharp pain in lower back.

EE stepping onto train and felt pain in left knee. EE remains full duty at this time but will have surgical ""scope"" procedure on 2.1.19 and will be placed on restricted duty following procedure.

Employee hurt lower back while shoveling.

Securing super sack on spout. Cord snapped and employee lost balance and fell into beam.

EE had pulled a piece of rock to the edge of the mechanical conveyor and then turned back to grab tools without communicating with the saw operator. The saw operator activated the conveyor and the rock fell off the edge onto the back of ee knee. This accident occurred in our roofing mill where employees work on the production line making slate roofing shingles.

On 10/31/2018 employee claims another employee jumped up on back while ee was walking through the plant on 10/25/2018. Employee did not report incident until 10/31/18 (6 Days Later) at which time EE was sent for evaluation & FA. This incident is listed as ""Horseplay"". Employee claims back is not better. EE has been evaluated again and placed on restrictions on 11/15/18.

Miner was cutting a conveyor belt with a utility knife when the knife slipped cutting hand.

While inspecting the area of a pipe for a hole that required to be repaired lime fell on the employee as EE was looking up. The lime fell directly on the employees face, getting behind EE's foam lined safety glasses.

EE was attempting to use a bar to stop a slab from falling on EE's foot. The slab knocked the bar out of EE's hand and the bar came down across right foot, on top of the steel toe area of boot. EE has bruising on right big toe and second toe.

Razor knife cut wrist while trying to swap out curtains on Dual saw

A co-worker was replacing an exacto knife blade. The knife casing became stuck in co-worker's glove. The EE grabbed the knife case to remove it from the co-worker's glove. At the same time the co-worker pulled away and cut the EE's palm. EE received 5 sutures.

Miner was assisting in the removal of a HDPE pipe from wet-processing equipment. As the pipe was being lifted, the load shifted, pinching the miner's right thumb between the load and the equipment's structure.

While installing a 6' bolt and holding the bolt as the pot was raising, the bolt bent, pinching the right thumb at the base of the nail. The pinch caused a laceration of the nailbed and fractures to the finger. Employee was treated and released to restricted duty, no use of right hand.

Miner was loosening a threaded union from a pipe with a wrench and as miner applied downward pressure the wrench slipped and miner's elbow struck a solid support in the work area resulting in contusion of the left elbow.

Employee was installing new bucket segments on a spare loader bucket, when right index finger was caught between the bolt head and the bucket segment

Employee struck right hand on drum of tail winch while swinging hammer.

EE was pulling on a rope where the knot came undone. EE fell backwards landing on tailbone.

EE drove the cat skidloader to the shop to take bucket off and put the forks on. EE put front of bucket on the ground, could not get pins out to release the bucket. EE used a hammer to hit the pin. Once EE did that, the back of the bucket fell onto EE's foot.

Hammermill operator was putting the cover of the hammermill pushing it back in place when EE heard a pop in EE's back. After putting the cover on EE was going to climb in the frontend loader and was unable.

The employee was restacking pallets that had fallen onto the ground by hand. When the employee picked up the third pallet, EE felt a pop in the lower back with pain traveling down the right leg. EE notified the supervisor about the issue, received medical treatment and returned to work on restricted duty after being diagnosed with a lower back strain.

Employee is unable to substantiate any of the above details and while we are unsure this incident actually happened at work, we are reporting on the side of caution. Employee only reports that they thought they had something in their eye when they left work on a Friday and sought treatment later that evening.

Production worker turned to look behind while operating a forklift and felt a sharp pain in lower back.

Employee was working from truck bed to remove ramp wall off of portable plant. When removing bolt put in for transport, the wall began to fall towards them. As wall was falling employee fell in the bed and injured left ankle. Wall came to rest on truck bed walls.

Injured was connecting split steels and brought the drill pot up to reconnect and caught the drill steel and caused the steel to bend and strike the palm of the injured. Injured was taken the next day for evaluation and x-rays and it was discovered they had suffered an avulsion fracture at the base of the thumb.

Cleaning out gob pile, move old rail with cable off bucket of mucker; guide mucker operator in to pull rail, slid down pinched foot under bucket.

EE was getting anchor cable for dredge out of the silted sand. EE was guiding the cable on the side of the work boat in the proper cable guides. Cable became wedged and EE used pry bar to get cable out of guide. The river current moved the boat and cable came out and EE's hand was pinned against handrail with the pry bar and cable.

Employee went to stand up and felt a pop in their knee.

Employee was replacing a motor mount. While trying to align the motor to the new motor base, the employee got a finger hung in a bolt hole in the motor base cutting.

Employee was shoveling out the tail pulley on the under jaw conveyor. When EE was trying to push material out from under the conveyor it caught the shovel therefore twisting the shovel out from EE's hand causing it to rip off half of the left hand index finger nail.

MINER WAS ATTEMPTING TO OPEN A NEW CAN OF WELDING ROD THAT WAS STORED IN THE SIDE BIN OF THE SERVICE TRUCK WHEN THE CAN SUDDENLY OPENED, ALLOWING EE'S WRIST TO STRIKE THE UPPER EDGE OF THE BIN AT FULL FORCE. THE EDGE OF THE BIN IS NOT AT ALL SHARP, BUT IS 16 GAUGE STEEL THAT IS FOLDED. THE FORCE OF THE HIT WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO CREATE A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED STITCHES.

A process maintenance mechanic was bending over in the bed of a pick up truck to retrieve a sling to secure some oxygen/acetylene bottles. As they bent forward they felt a pop and sharp pain in the lower back. Employee was taken to the local emergency room and diagnosed with muscle strain and spasm.

Gate valve fell on foot

EE used a come along to reposition a take-up pulley, this process was inadequate. So they got a crane. The come along was hooked onto an I-beam which worked with the previous direction of pull. As the crane passed the come along, direction of pull changed. Adjusting, the employee pulled the come along to the side, allowing it to fall off the I-beam causing an ulnar fracture.

The injured employee grabbed a piece of metal liner that was lying in the deadbed. Pulling it from the deadbed, the metal piece slid out of employee's right hand and cut through the employee's leather welding gloves resulting in the laceration. The liner weighed between 18 and 20 lbs and had a razor sharp edge on the one end of the liner

Employee was cleaning the VSI deck and was using a fork truck mounted man basket. Employee went to enter the man basket through the walkway and slipped on the man basket floor. The floor was wet due to rainy conditions. Employee was seen by medical clinic and was diagnosed with a left knee sprain. employee was placed on restrictions resulting in a loss time accident.

EE operating mechanical scaler, rock rolled down boom jarring operators cab. EE felt pain in right shoulder. EE seen for medical treatment on 10.22.18 and placed on restricted duty at that time.

EE was using a wrench and pinched their hand between the guard and the wrench.

Employee was using a 12"" ratchet to remove a coupler fitting when ee felt a pop in right forearm. EE reported it on 10/13 but did not seek medical treatment until 10/24 and was placed on work restrictions for a possible torn ligament.

Lifting 50lb broken sack from pallet and strained back

Powder man finished check scaling the face and proceeded to make up caps, walked around to the truck bed to place caps in the basket, their back was to the face when a rock fell off and struck them in the mid-back; resulting in a compression fracture of the spine (vertebrae) and the employee was placed on Modified/Restricted duties initiated on 10/15/18.

Forklift was parked, the operator climbed in to begin another task. Upon turning on the forklift the forklift rolled and rolled over injured employee's right foot. This forklift is a hydrostatic brake system, when you let off the gas the forklift is to stop.

Employee was lifting an 8x8 tie at CR4 when they lost their footing. Employee was able to catch themselves and in doing so strained their lower back.

Employee was performing maintenance work on conveyor 2 to 3 transfer. As EE was descending the access point, EE's left foot got tangled in a cable causing EE to land awkwardly onto right foot. EE twisted the ankle causing a sprain. The employee returned to work with restrictions.

Employee was standing on a Forklift Rail Stopper while putting a label on a pallet. Employee slipped off of the rail and employee's hand landed on a conveyor roller and employee hyper extended arm.

stepped off the forklift

Employee was operating a loader and shovel. Employee did not report having complications till end of shift and only filled out a C-1. On Oct 21, 2018 employee complained of lower back pain and wanted to be scene by a doctor.

10/11/2018, an operator tripped and suffered a fracture to left ankle. The operator was working in the 261-17 area nipping steel with another operator. They were walking a piece of screen through the stope to load onto a flatbed truck with one individual walking backwards. The individual that was walking backwards tripped over loose rock causing individual to fall.

While helping with a repair at the hydrator the Miner slipped at the loading dock area. The slip resulted in an injury to the right knee. The Miner is on restricted duty. They were removing material from the elevator and the ground was wet from rainy conditions.

While installing a 20'cable bolt, Ee's Left hand was guiding the cable bolt. Ee's glove was caught on cable and caused laceration and fractures to two fingers.

Employee's hand struck gear box housing when wrench slipped off of a bolt that was being tightened. It was raining at the time of the injury.

Employee was using a prybar to lift the tail pulley on finish mill 4 when the prybar slipped and dropped roughly 6 inches causing employee to injure lower right part of back.

Employee was using a long pipe to tap a hopper of a dust collector to determine how full it was based on sound from tapping. On the first tap, the employee felt a pain in wrist.

Employee was getting in truck and closing door when the employee hit elbow on cab/door frame.

EE MANUALLY DUG OUT THE ROCKS FROM THE CONE DUE TO THE HYDRAULICS WOULD NOT CLEAR THE CONE. ONCE CLEARED, THE BOWL SETTLED. THE NOISE FROM THE BOWL SETTLING STARTLED EE, RESULTING IN EE MOVING FOOT DOWN PINNING EE'S FOOT AGAINST THE MANTLE.

Employee was walking through sand back to the service truck. EE stepped on the edge of the concrete pad rolling RT ankle to the inside. EE suffered a sprained RT ankle.

EE reports on 10/8/18 EE was carrying 5 gal. buckets of sand all week and EE's back began to feel sore but EE continued to perform job all week. EE did not report to Supervisor until 10/12/18, Health Bridge notified, self care measures were provided. EE came to work 10/15/18 complaining back still hurt & was sent to clinic. EE was placed on restricted duty.

Employee was removing a spray bar with right hand and it slipped and struck the left hand causing a laceration.

Employee was dragging a wash hose, stepping backwards and stepped on a rock approximately 3"" in diameter. This caused pain to the right foot and ankle.

The supervisor was holding a hydraulic valve (approx 6 lbs) for a measurment when it slipped. The supervisor tried to catch it and felt a pain go from fingers into forearm.

The miner was moving an 80# bag of salt and said felt a pull in shoulder

Employee was shoveling around shale end area. While being at home employee started to feel pain around the shoulder area.

Employee was using a 4"" angle grinder when the grinder kicked back and caused a laceration on left thumb.

Vacuum hose plugged while cleaning spillage. Employee was attempting to clear the line by lifting it over head. Once the line was lifted over head ee felt a pop in the lower left side of back.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING CEMENT MOLDS CONTAINER OUT OF MOISTURE CABINET WHEN EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN NECK AND SHOULDER AREA.

EE just completed handing a poly-screen to EE #2. EE #1 turned on the inclined walkway & placed right foot on the downhill side of the decline. This caused more weight to be transferred to the downhill side of EE's body. EE's right ankle twisted resulting in a sprain to the right ankle. EE was wearing lace up, steel toe boots at time incident. EE was placed on restricted duty.

Employee was pulling cable with the hot stick to get more slack and lost footing. Employee used their left arm to break the fall and landed on their hand and hurt their wrist.

While attempting to remove a mill liner bolt, using a rivet buster, the rivet buster struck the employee's right wrist while maneuvering a manlift. X-rays showed no fracture, but prescription given on 10/12/18.

EE was lifting up a steel stair stringer to bolt to new platform. The stair stringer slipped out of EE's hands and came down on EE's right foot fracturing the big toe and index toe. EE was not wearing the required safety toed boots at the time of this injury.

EE was kneeling on the veranda of loader using pull rope to raise the fuel line up. As ee was doing this ee felt a sharp pain in back. EE was taken to be evaluated by the omp. EE was placed on restricted duty of no lifting more than 50 lbs

Back pain while lifting a cathode.

Employee tried to pick up the return idler (approx. weight was 135) from a pallet on the second tower and felt how heavy it was when they set it back down that is when they felt the pain. EE then had another employee help with a rope to assist to carry it up the two flights of stairs. They set it down on the upper deck. When EE tried to move arm they felt more pain.

Employee was walking and stepped into a puddle where the left foot came into contact with a rock which twisted their left ankle.

EE pulling on wrench to replace the sheave on the south tails pump when EE felt pain in right shoulder. EE treated at medical clinic on 10.8.2018 and paced on restricted duty at that time.

Ee was holding a belt with both hands and watching a co-worker move weight from the belt. When the weight was moved, the belt quickly pulled the ee's hand up and it was pinched between the metal and the belt. Ee was seen at the ER, x-rays were negative for fracture, the wound was stitched and the ee released to modified duty.

Operator was complaining of rash on back, cause could be from lime in contact with skin causing the issue.

While stepping off bus employee felt pain in right knee.

Employee was operating a loader. While driving along employee was twisting to keep an eye out for any hazards. As the loader went over a couple ruts in the dirt, it jarred the employee causing some lower back pain.

Employee removed small access cover top a cyclone (auger). The employee was going to attempt to remove sand. When the employee gained entry, they inserted the middle finger and the index finger of the left hand. There was no sand in the cyclone causing their finger to come in contact with the auger.

Employee was removing a guard from the v-belt on the cone crusher, while doing so the guard got stuck and when it was tugged on the guard became unstuck abruptly from the belt striking EE's finger against the pulley between the guard causing the injury.

An employee was walking a belt line and EE slipped mid step, EE felt pain in EE's back.

The injured employee was blowing dust off the plant with compressed air, while blowing the dust off they broke protocol and inserted the air nozzle behind a guard on the under side of a tail pulley. The pulley yanked the nozzle from the employees hands cutting their palm.

Employee was shoveling material and felt pain in their abdomen

Employee was lifting a screen wire when ee felt a pull in right shoulder. EE sought medical attention on 10/22/18 and was diagnosed with a muscle strain. EE returned to the doctor on 11/12/18 and was prescribed physical therapy which will make this injury reportable.

Miner stepped on an unsecured 2 X 4 wood brace support for a foundation precast, when it gave way causing miner to fall against the compacted sub-base embankment, striking the right side of ribs. Miner sustained right side 9th rib fracture and is on modified duty.

The employee was filling a 777F with diesel fuel at the start of the shift. Strained right arm while doing so. The employee went back to full work hoping it would get better. We were informed on 10/5/2018 at the end of the shift. The employee wanted to see if it got better with rest. The employee asked to go to the doctor the following week. Physical therapy assigned 10/25/2018.

EE was working at the wash plant, the plant stopped up & EE was climbing over the conveyor to clean it out. While climbing over EE heard their Right knee pop out of place.

One of the sand chutes was becoming clogged with material in the north crusher. The employee was using the clearing tool to clear the material. As the employee was clearing the chute, EE struck finger between the tool and the chute frame.

4900-310 Load-out barring back down after blast, stepped back to look for better angle to bar; material from behind wire fell out hit miner on the shoulder.

Miner was using a come-along wench to extract a probe from kiln transfer chute. The wench strap slipped and got caught on a T-pipe connector, causing the T-pipe to break-off, go airborne, and hit the miner on the left elbow.

EE was driving a 465 haul truck and being loaded when a buck was dumped and rocked the haul truck. This caused a pain in EE's neck.

As employee was getting off ladder of hopper car, set foot down on the edge of concrete walkway twisting left ankle

On 10/31/2018 around 1300 ee was traveling in the PreHeat Tower area on windy day. Dust particular had entered left eye under eye PPE.

Employee was cutting skirting for belt line. Knife cut through skirting cutting the employee's left thumb. Employee was evaluated and required stitches. The employee returned back to work.

Employee was cutting open a box with a folding box cutter. When EE closed the knife, it snapped back and cut EE's left thumb. Incision required sutures. No lost time.

Employee was installing the rub rail on the miner when the rub rail slipped on pry bar ee was using pinching finger between rub rail and miner causing a laceration. Employee receive 3 stitches

EE was landing an approx. 7' diameter pump back plate that weighs approx. 3000 lbs. The employees were trying to lean it against a column. EE had EE's fingers in between the column and the pump plate. When the pump plate came against the column it pinched EE's fingers between the column and the pump plate, severing the very tips of EE's left ring and middle fingers.

Employee was changing v-belt on a conveyor, as EE was attempting to roll new belt onto the pulley, EE's right index finger was pinched between the belt and pulley. Employee decided to have it checked out on 11/2/18 as the fingernail was showing bruising.

Employee noticed the bit was wobbling in the jack hammer and then turned the hammer upside down to inspect finding the bid had broke. Employee removed the protruding part of the bit at which time the hammer was sat down accidently firing the mechanism. When it fired it shot the inner piece of broken bit out hitting employee on the bridge of the nose and safety glasses.

Employee was working on a plugged crusher. Employee was removing rocks from the crusher to clean it out. The right hand was inside the crusher. Using the left hand, the employee lifted a rock and then dropped the rock on their ring finger of the right hand, smashing it. The employee received 4 stitches.

Employee stated EE was in the process of plastering a stopping when a glob of plaster splattered off the stopping onto EE's glasses into EE's eyes. Employee sought medical treatment and was given medicated eye drops due to irritation.

Employee was leaving an office and walked around a barricaded area and slipped in the mud. EE braced self on the dumpster to keep from falling and right foot turned outward resulting in a fracture.

An EE was attempting to pry the cap off a solenoid when the tool slipped, causing a puncture wound below the EE's left thumb. The puncture wound required stitches as treatment.

Employee stated EE was hanging cable when the reel came on and forced EE's hand into the mine roof.

Technician was tightening bolts on a final drive. The technician put the 1"" impact wrench on a bolt to finish tightening it. The impact wrench was in reverse, causing the bolt to back out and the technician's right pinky finger to be caught between the impact wrench and final drive.

Employee was struck on the right knee by a piece of belt structure.

Employee was using a bench grinder when EE's shirt became entangled.

Employee was moving wooden blocks used for cribbing and weighing approximate 30 lbs., when employee felt a pop in elbow. The blocks were being moved on the back of employee's service truck to access a container.

Employee was opening a chute door to inspect chute when finger became pinched between the short door and an e-stop support. It resulted in a small laceration requiring one suture.

Employee was cutting a plastic strap and knife slipped causing laceration to finger.

EE driving on site, fell asleep, hit guard rail, drove straight to Gate. Another EE was working gate. Area mgr & Ops. mgr. contacted. Area mgr. went on site. Ambulance called to check EE. EE did not want to go to hospital, changed mind, and decided to go; complaining of stomach pain. EE went hospital for evaluation. EE released with no restrictions on 10/28/2018.

2 miners were building a block stopping. 1 miner was on a ladder placing the blocks on the stopping while the other was on the ground shaping the block to fit. The miner on the ground bent over to pick up a tool when the miner on the ladder lost grip dropping a block that struck the other miner on the back of the head, causing a laceration that required 4 stitches.

While cutting open shuttle car cable, the utility knife slipped off the cable and cut left thumb. **Received 2 stitches**

Miner was bending a tab on a lid of a grease drum. The metal tab was sharper than the miner anticipated. Pulling and curling the tab between forefinger and thumb the miner cut thumb

Loading a trailer, a gust of wind caused the trailer doors to close, hitting EE's face, causing lacerations to EE's face.

Employee was using a bagging machine. They cut their hand on the end of the spout.

While installing belts, employee's finger got caught between the sheave and the belt.

Employee was working on 003 section opening a box of rags with a utility knife and cut left thumb. EE received 11 stiches in the thumb.

Employee was cutting wrapping material with a razor knife away from the head shaft on the 4 1/4 cone crusher when they sliced their thumb.

Employee was attempting to unroll a tape wrap on an extension cord bundle. The employee removed gloves to unroll the tape. After failing to unroll the tape the employee pulled out personal pocket knife in an attempt to cut the tape. During cutting a cut occured to EE's left hand between the thumb and index finger.

EE was unplugging equipment and got fingers stuck resulting in 5 stitches.

Employee stated EE was working on the spill board on the tail piece and noticed it was spilling between the spill board and the feeder. To fix the gap where the coal was spilling, EE attempted to drive a wedge and missed the wedge and stuck EE's finger with a 16 oz hammer.

While the employee was reclaiming high voltage, ee lost footing and cut left arm with utility knife. (3) sutures were required to close the wound.

Employee stated ee was cutting some electrical tape with a utility knife when ee cut finger.

Miner was welding in an area where other work activities were taking place. Miner was measuring the transition and wind blew particles under miner's safety glasses from grinding activities into miner's right eye.

Employee was walking towards a water pump to check fuel level when employee lost footing and tried to catch self with hand on the pump. The employee cut finger on the pump when employee tried to catch self. As a result, the employee received three sutures in the right index finger.

While attempting to remove a belt scraper, the opposite end slid out of the housing, causing the scraper shaft to tilt on the end the employee was working on. The employees thumb was smashed between the scraper shaft and the housing for the conveyor head pulley.

Employee was applying the seat belt of the equipment EE was operating. As EE pulled the seatbelt it locked up and caused the employee to strike self in the mouth with the metal portion of the belt, chipping a tooth.

Employee was sitting on the edge of metal section of the plant. Employee slide over and was impaled in the right thigh with a small piece of metal. Employee assumed ee dislodge the piece of metal and continued working for several days.

NAIS crew was hydroblast cleaning the inside of tank. EE wanted to shotgun a different area of the tank but there was a slab of material approx. 30-40 lbs where EE wanted to stand. EE tried to pick up the material to move it out of the way. EE lost control of grip and the material fell on EE's right hand. EE was able to get hand out from underneath the material and exited the tank.

Changing shank on loader. In order to repair, had to remove wear plates that were bolted in. Using impact to remove nuts from bolt, cut palm on bolt. Received 12 stitches in right hand palm.

Employee was handling pipe and smashed finger causing injury.

10/24/18 employee fell when walking up stairs to start the crusher & hurt left wrist. Employer did not know about this incident until 10/26/2018 when employee was told ee was terminated for job performance & then the employee told manager about the incident and that ee had gone to the doctor. Employee was not terminated for this incident.

IE was roof bolting when a piece of rock fell loose and struck IE in the mouth causing a front tooth to break off just below the gum line.

Employee was cutting a piece of belt when the knife slipped and cut left leg requiring 4 stitches

Using porta-power & press pin to push pins out of drill roller frame. Holding pin w/left hand & operating press w/righthand. Left hand slipped off press pin & pinched left pinky finger in between press & press pin.

While a maintenance employee was being hoisted in a man basket after doing repairs in a leach tank, ee looked up to ensure the man basket was clear and some dust or debris fell from above landing in right eye. EE was wearing safety glasses. While trying to remove the particle it scratched cornea.

Employee was driving endloader on uneven surface causing jerking motion after hitting a hole giving EE whiplash.

IE was installing roof bolts. As they pushed a roof bolt up into the hole the bolt bent causing pressure on the drill wrench. The drill wrench broke striking them in the mouth. Employee received 1 broken tooth and a laceration on their lip requiring 2 sutures.

Pulling shot hose out of face - working on shot crew.

An employee was using a box cutter to remove packing material from belt. EE inadvertently made contact with EE's left leg. It resulted in a 3/4"" cut to EE's inner thigh.

Employee fell from a ladder and broke wrist while adding washers to bolts on a structural steel building that was under construction.

Employee slipped getting off a loader. EE had contusion of the right knee.

5200-206 glue back hole with dwyidag, PVC pipe slipped out of hands of miner; striking upper lip, laceration.