Mining Incidents in July 2021

Found an unintentional roof fall during the pre-shift examination at break # 30 of the #4 Track entry.

Lost power on PPL mainline causing a total power outage at the underground mine rendering the hoists inoperable.

Unknown ignition in working area.

Smoker was identified in the South West pit. No personnel or resources at risk.

Operator was moving empty emulsion totes from the UG powder mag to the surface, operator stated they smelled a burning odor from the loader. Operator asked two other employees if they smelled it. They stated yes and inspected under the hood compartment, did not observe any visible signs of a fire. When the two employees went to leave they saw sparks/flames under the loader.

A spot was found in the SP Material Hoist rope by x-ray. The hoist was taken out of service, the rope shortened to remove the spot, tested, and placed back into service. MSHA was notified via the hotline, email to the FOS, and in person on site.

A roof fall was discovered at crosscut 10-56 on the mainline track.

A roof fall was discovered at crosscut 3-15 on mainline 3 belt.

An unintentional roof fall occurred at HG-14 XC 110 Travelway and Primary Escapeway. This fall impeded travel in the primary escapeway from the HG-14 CM Section. The Phase 1 action plan has been submitted, approved, and implemented.

Found an unintentional roof fall at break #49 of the #2 beltline.

Two unintentional roof falls occurred on 24 Zone discovered by a Compliance Officer in the #9 entry. At 34 blk. intersection and between 32-33 blk. Both fell 10' high with a distance of 20' measured at the 32-33 blk. location. All approaches have been dangered off and timbered. No escapeway, equipment, or ventilation was damaged by the fall.

A non-injury roof fall that measured 12' long, 12' wide, and 8' high occurred on Spyder Panel 2, in the #4 entry at break 9. The fall was isolated to the #4 entry at the active pillar line. The release of supported roof was due to an overlying undetected separation above the anchorage of the primary support installed.

Found an unintentional roof fall in the #3 Belt line at break # 19 that is an extension of a previously reported roof fall on the #3 Belt line at break 18.

Roof fall in North East Section of the mine. Nobody was injured. Damage to brattice did occur. MSHA and DEP are notified. Orders issues by MSHA and State PADEP.

Silver Shaft Hoist pinion brake would not release.

Tower Elevator stopped about 4 foot above landing just after it started to lift, Maintenance tried to lower it but was unsuccessful, called the Elevator company out to repair. Three employees were in the elevator for longer than 30 minutes and the event was called in. Non injury

A roof fall was discovered at 41 crosscut in Cameron Corridor number 3 entry.

A roof sag was noticed in L27/C43. The area was barricaded off. The area fell on 7/20/21 and was found at approximately 10:50 am. by the day shift foreman.

A rockfall was discovered by a weekly examiner at 1W 25xc in the left alternate escapeway. This blocked the escapeway but did not impede airflow. The mine foreman was notified and the section was pulled. MSHA was notified on site, via the hotline, and a call to the FOS.

Power brown out from NYSEG power supply, they were updating their system and power to our local grid was affected. #3 skip kicked out, reset, men brought to surface, ran test trips, all tested good.

An unplanned roof fall occurred on the West Mains one break inby spad# 1653 in the No. 1 Entry. The fall was approx. 20' wide, 30'long and 14' high.

Smoker was identified in North West pit, no personnel or resources at risk.

July 18, our #1 shaft Service hoist went down at over temp approx. 6:00PM. The AC units in the control room had clogged filters. We cleaned the filters, were able to cool down the control room and the VFD's were reset by 830 PM, NO damage to the hoist or hoisting equipment, a COURTESY CALL made to MSHA Hotline. This did not affect entry/egress from the mine.

Pumps in the main portal pit could not keep up with significant rain event and allowed water to inundate into the portal openings in the mine. No one was injured and ventilation was not disturbed.

A breaker in a load center failed as designed which caused some smoke to be released. There was no indication of fire at any time and Leeville and Pete Bajo mines were evacuated as a precaution.

An unplanned and reportable roof fall occurred at the 177 bk #2 entry intersection in the F-Mains return. There were no injuries, no property damage and the ventilation system was not disrupted. This occurrence was immediately reported.

Pellet Plant grate/kiln stack area of the roof caught on fire. Investigation revealed a small piece of refractory had been released onto the roof when the stack cap was opened earlier in the day.

#1 salt production skip kicked out, cage stuck. Inspection reveled pin was missing that held safety dog to skip. Dog did deploy correctly to stop cage travel as it should have.

The South Portal elevator was down due to a problem with the floats in the pit area at the bottom of the cage. In trouble shooting a bolt was also found broke out of a door switch. These were both repaired. MSHA was notified via the hotline. MSHA also came and inspected the elevator after it was repaired.

At approximately 1:28pm an unplanned roof fall was discovered at the top of Slope B conveyor. Deterioration of the top caused the roof fall. The fall was approximately 8-10' of black shale for the length of 18'. A roof fall clean up and support plan was put in place.

There was unplanned roof fall, 3rd North #10 Entry #6 Right Return.

Lightning caused forest fire (Mud Lick Fire), Reported via MSHA hotline on 7/13/21 - fire had not advanced to mine site. US Forest Service issued evacuation order due to smoke and fire approaching mine permit boundary on 7/15/21. Follow-up MSHA Hotline Call provided on 7/15/21 due to Evac Order. No injuries, all site personnel safely evacuated.

There was an unplanned roof fall, #1 South #4 Left Return #7 Entry Spad 9+60.

Found an unintentional roof fall at break #17 of the #3 Track entry. Fall is approximately 19 feet wide by 60 feet long and 6-8 feet thick.

An unintentional roof fall occurred in 9L section. The fall occurred at 17 wall crosscut, approx halfway into the crosscut between #1 & 2 entry through #2 & in the crosscut 2-3. The fall was approx 120' long by 16' high & 16' wide. A site specific mine plan was submitted to rehab the area. *Adverse geological conditions caused the immediate strata to separate & subsequently fail.

A fall of roof occurred in the #2 entry at crosscut #2 along, 2 NW Submain. The fall is approximately 20ft. long by 20ft. wide by 8ft. long.

A roof fall was discovered in 2 West in the intersection of the old belt regulator.

Hot clinker dumped from the pan conveyor onto the rubber conveyor belt causing the belt to heat up and burn. This was caused due to a programming error programmed by the manufacturer of the plant when a detection of hot clinker is identified.

At approximately 5:15 am the night shift foreman discovered a roof fall underground in L27/C41. The night shift Foreman called the mine manager and coned off the area. The mine manager called the MSHA hotline. The area remained coned off until an investigation could occur.

Two Hoist at the bottom of shaft unloaded bottom of cage and would not jog down to unload the top of the cage. Issue was investigated and issue was fixed. Hoist was operational at 7:45 a.m. MSHA was called to let them know.

A face ignition occurred on the 4RHG section in the #1 entry at #4 block inby spad # K2005. The continuous miner was trimming the top when a fire occurred on the mine floor. The CM was backed out 15' and the fire was extinguished by the coal crew in 5 minutes.

Surface lost power, which affected the mine. After generators were started, #2 hoist had a brake fault, which was found during checks. Miners were staged at 2 hoist. Issue on hoist was resolved and mine was evacuated. Mine still had utility power for 6 shaft. MSHA was called when issue was resolved on hoist.

Hoist was at a stop when Hoistman heard clicking noises in control room. Hoistman attempted to move the hoist with no response. The hoist began to alarm as several resets were engaged. Electricians tried to troubleshoot. Hoist consultants were able to find and correct problem. At no time was the conveyance occupied.

#3 hoist tripped and would not reset because the west brake was not functioning properly. Through troubleshooting it was found that the west brake switch plunger was stuck in the open position.

The #7 Escape hoist had to be taken out of service due to maintenance issues.

EE is believed to have been either chipping away several inches of top layer of brownish colored granite or drilling a chain hole through the granite near end of the block on the open face so block could be lifted using a chain. Granite block being worked on was approx. 5'x12'x30'. Additional submitted details on file.

A contract employee was conducting maintenance duties at the number 6 cement cooler when the employee fell approximately 25 feet onto a concrete floor.

A Millwright drove the pins out of a 200-ton crane boom to change out a section and the boom fell on employee.

Employee was conducting ground control measures when a rock fell striking the employee while high scaling.

Employee was replacing cutting edge (approx. 8ft x 10inches x 2inches) on a 834 rubber tire CAT dozer drag box in the truck shop. When lifting the final cutting edge after the others had been installed, the load became unstable and fell. The uncontrolled movement of the cutting edge pinched/crushed the employees right thumb.

EE was removing a rock from a de-energized machine, stored tension in the v belts caused the unit lurch forward when the rock was removed. This severed the EE's fingertips on EE's right hand including the pinkie and ring finger to the distal knuckle.

The employee was examining 6 ML Belt. EE ducked under a waterline, as EE did, EE stepped in a ditch twisting right knee. The employee was scheduled off and then saw a specialist on 7/23/21. At this time EE began missing work.

Crew was in process of removing counterweights from a Grove GMK6350 crane. During this process, the crane tipped over onto its side while attempting to set two counterweights onto a trailer. This resulted in the crane cab falling onto the side of the first trailer adjacent to the crane pinning the employee's legs. Employee's injury details are described in section 7.

Employee slipped on stairs in the prep plant going down from the 10th floor to the 9th floor. When the employee slipped they grabbed the handrail and strained left shoulder and also over extended and strained right hip. Employee was wearing the proper PPE. Employee did not start missing work until 8/2/2021.

IE was checking the dumping solenoid inside the frame of an end dump. EE needed to move and was crawling out from under the truck on hands and knees. EE placed right hand near the base of a dump cylinder, unaware that the solenoid began working and the bed was coming down. EE had 3 fingertips crushed between the middle stage and the base of the cylinder.

I.E. was getting out of the cab of SM02 and caught EE's right foot between the seat and steering lever. I.E. was falling and used EE's right arm to catch self that is when EE felt a pop and immediate pain in EE's right shoulder. IE is waiting to see a specialist. This happen on the surface at the Akin portal, the conditions was dry and still daylight.

Employee stepped through a man door and pain/pop in left knee. Employee was taken off work on 8/02/2021.

While driving a Komatsu WA500 Loader, an employee drove over a rough road and bounced in EE's seat, injuring EE's shoulder. When EE bounced, EE caught self on the way down with EE's R arm on the arm rest, which ended up hurting EE's R shoulder. The employee said speed was not a factor.

INJURED WAS HANGING A LOOP OF CABLE FOR #4SC, THE ANCHOR FOR #3SC JERKED AND CAUGHT THE INJURED IN THE LEFT EYEBROW. CAUSING A 1 1/2" TO 2" LACERATION.

IE was installing Rail Bars (secondary roof support) on the Unit 1 travel road at 14 x-cut. After the job was completed the IE mentioned to supervisor that back was sore. The IE finished the shift operating a piece of equipment.

Employee was assisting a team of 5 with moving of conveyor belts to a different area within our property. Employee climbed onto conveyor belt #2 to guide the operator with conveyor #1. While moving, Conveyor #1 got caught on a rock and swung back hitting conveyor #2, causing Employee to fall.

Employee tripped on a hose or rock while refueling EE's haul truck at the waste dump. Employee fell against the containment and struck EE's head, resulting in contusion.

2400-081 Mucking out ore heading hit dag or rock while digging out the pile causing an abrupt halt bouncing miners body in mucker. Dismounting mucker noticed left abdominal pain, possible hernia.

EE was getting ready to lift a chute assembly to cone crusher when the lifting chain on the forklift inadvertently caught it moving it about 1 inch pinching EE's left index fingertip to the bone.

While repositioning a bad relay bar for removal from the face the miner disconnected the safety chain and had another miner remove the come-a-long, when they did this the relay bar slipped off the shearer sliding down the other relay bars pinning miner's right leg against a relay bar resulting in a fracture to the right tibia.

While installing outside bolt, rib rolled out mashing left foot.

IP grouting cable bolts when hose came loose from tube spraying grout into IP'S face. IP did not report incident to operator until Aug 3, 2021.

Employee was pulling down a piece of curtain between the No.1 and No.2 entry, while pulling the curtain from the rib, a nail used to secure the curtain flew in over top of safety glasses striking them in the left eye.

Employee was attempting to bolt a tire back on a tractor and was stabilizing the tire with left arm, when the tire shifted and jarred shoulder.

While tramming feeder from #5 entry around corner into the 5 left crosscut, EE inadvertently contacted rib with one of the tram levers, while having the other tram lever engaged, causing feeder to move towards the rib pinching EE's left hand between rib and feeder, fracturing hand and fingers.

Employee was attempting to flip a rock off of the feeder when EE's ring and pinky fingers on EE's left hand got caught between the feeder and metal causing the two fingers to be crushed.

Loading belt structure on trailer and felt pain in left shoulder. Was taken off work on 9/24/2021 for surgery.

EE was working under a 769C haul truck on the driveline. EE went to get out from under it and when EE went to stand EE couldn't hold EE's own weight. EE was able to get to EE's service truck and call for help. EE was driven to the ER to be checked out. The doctor believes EE has potential nerve damage or it may be sciatica.

Employee stated that while getting on the 980G Front end loader, EE slipped and twisted their neck and back. *Employee began missing work due to this injury on 8/16/2021.

Injured was returning to the quarry with unloaded Cat tractor/trailer haul truck. Injured was momentarily distracted by an unidentified object on the left side of the haul road which caused EE to drift toward the rock berm on the right side. The right rear trailer tires struck a rock which caused EE to lose control and exit the road.

Employee was assisting on a hard bar pin for dozer. Employee was helping to get the pin lined up with the eyes to fit in. Employee was observing while another employee was striking the pin with a hammer. Small piece of metal chipped off the pin and struck the employee in the left knee. Employee will have the metal surgically removed.

EE was in the hopper working on the warrior screen. EE stepped up and out of the hopper, onto what EE thought was steel, but turned out to be rubber. EE fell approximately 6 feet onto a pile of rocks, similar to light stone fill. EE bruised EE's right leg above the knee/thigh area and scraped the back of EE's right arm.

Mill Maintenance man was repositioning a sheet of diamond plate on saw horse - felt a shoulder muscle pull (left shoulder). Surgery to left shoulder was done on Friday, November 26, 2021

Employee was operating a scraper, transferring bentonite and ran over a large rock on the edge of the haul road. The resulting impact from rolling over the rock jarred and strained the employees lower back.

Employee was leaving work for the day. They got into their own personal vehicle which was on the mine site, a bee followed them in at the same time, stung them on the left cheek. Employee is allergic to bees, did not have an EpiPen. Employee drove to Emergency Room for treatment. Treated and released with prescription, no work next day. Returned to work 7-29-2021.

Employee was plastering stopping using B-Bond. Was Wearing rubber gloves that fit up to elbows. Several days later employee developed rash due to exposure to B-Bond. Determined to be Occupational Illness on 08/13/2021.

Employee came to work and sat down to put boots on and pulled lower back when they bent over needing medical attention.

While placing roof bolt resin in bucket liner, felt a pop and pain in left shoulder.

A roof bolt operator was injured when placing EE's drill steel into the drill box chuck. EE inadvertently hit the rotation control lever while holding the drill steel. The glove on EE's left-hand stuck to the drill steel and EE's hand/fingers were twisted around with the steel. One finger sustained a fracture, laceration and dislocation, & the other finger was dislocated

EE was picking up 3 boxes of filters. The boxes were sitting on a piece of concrete about knee height. EE lifted all 3 boxes and felt a pain in groin area.

Employee was getting out of a CAT Loader. When EE went to step onto the ground the ground was unlevel resulting in the Employee turning and twisting ankle spraining EE's ankle.

Employee was taking a bag of trash out of the bath house facility to put in a dumpster. After throwing the bag of trash in the dumpster, EE stepped in a small hole in the gravel parking lot and twisted left ankle. Employee failed to pay attention to where was stepping. Employee didn't violate any rules or regulations.

Employee was assisting with manual installation of v-belt onto drive motor pulley assembly when fingers were pinched between the belt being installed and the pulley surface. Employee was not aware of hand position relative to the belt being installed. Employee had hand in an exposed position. This resulted in a crushing type injury middle and index fingers.

Employee sought medical treatment after experiencing back pain while unloading trash. Operator notified on 8/16/21 that employee was diagnosed with pre-existing degenerative spondyloarthropathy, a form of arthritis, after results of an MRI indicate no significate changes from a previous MRI conducted on 6/2/2020.

EE was picking up the miner cable to lay across the head to back across the section. EE felt a pain in lower back. EE continued to work until 9/07/2021.

While trying to remove bearing and housing from screening plant with sledgehammer a co-worker hit IE's left thumb which resulted in 14 stitches.

Employee was bolting top on the operator side of a Fletcher Bolter. While bolting, a piece of rock fell crushing the tip of the employees fifth finger on the right hand.

Employee was operating the right side drill of the roof bolter and as employee was positioning the drill steel and adjusting the angle of the drill box, employee's self rescuer pouch inadvertently snagged the rotation lever while employee's left hand was on the drill steel.

While pulling a roll of mine curtain injured experienced pain in their back.

Three miners were team lifting a steel I-Beam. When lifting, one felt a pain in EE's lower back. EE has a pre-existing back injury. EE was diagnosed with a back strain/sprain.

While unrigging bag EE fell off the trailer and injured arm.

Employee was lifting an I-Beam from the bottom onto the overcast when EE felt pain in right shoulder. The individual worked until 7/26/2021 making the incident a lost time injury.

Operator was diagnosed with an umbilical hernia, same area of multiple previous hernias. Employee felt pain when they attempted to open the Kiln Preheat door.

Employee was bending over to pick up a wooden crib block when they felt a pain in abdomen. EE did not begin missing work until 07/29/21. It did not involve any equipment or compliance issues. It also did not involve job skills, proficiency, training, PPE or protective devices.

EE stated that as they were unloading a trailer from a tractor using a ratchet strap. EE was pulling up on the tongue with right arm and pulling on the strap with left arm, when they felt a pull or strain in right shoulder. Employee continued to work until 9/8/2021, when they had surgery for a torn rotator cuff.

A fully trained miner was removing a cover when the miner smashed a finger between the cover and a rock. The injury was not the result of any compliance issues nor were any protective guards involved.

A fully trained miner was walking by a supply car when they slipped and fell injuring a wrist. The injury was not the result of any compliance issues nor were any protective guards involved.

Slip and fall at ground level near the drier pad, per employee they "tripped over our feet". Twisted ankle and knee. Did not initially want medical evaluation, but pain grew worse and they asked to be seen on 7/26/21. No diagnosis yet, other than "nothing broken, possible sprain/strain". Doctor put them in a knee brace and off work until after follow up visit on 8/9/21.

Employee was getting out of the water truck and slipped due to mud on EE's shoes. Injured right shoulder when EE grabbed the handrail.

Employee was splitting rock with a hammer and chisel and missed the chisel and hit hand.

IE was pulling out the slider tube when the channel locks slipped causing IE to stumble. As IE slipped, heard a pop and felt a pop in left ankle. IE was brought to the surface and taken to be checked.

Employee was dragging a cobra drill thru a mandoor when it caught the door frame causing the employee to strain right shoulder and chest.

Employee alleges they were cleaning the road with the loader and they hit a hard spot in the road causing them to move forward abruptly in the loader.

EMPLOYEE STATED THEY WERE RE-TAPING THE MINER CABLE AND AFTER TAPING THE CABLE THREW IT OVER AGAINST THE RIB AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE FINISHED THE SHIFT.

EE WAS DRIVING FRONT END LOADER. EE HAD TO GET OUT AND CLIMBED DOWN THE LADDER. EE MISSED THE BOTTOM STEP AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE.

Employee was unloading Dapco Tractor tire off a diesel ride and felt pain in left shoulder. Employee started missing work on 10/21/21 to have surgery on shoulder.

Employee was swinging a sledge hammer in a coal chute and felt something pull in their shoulder.

Employee was attempting to remove a partially cut shank from a bucket via sledge hammer, a piece of the hammer chipped off lodging into employee's neck/shoulder area

Was greasing loader and fell off

IE was walking and hit head on a board on the mine roof. EE then felt a pain in lower back. IE did not seek medical attention until EE's next shift.

EE was picking a piece of rock up out of the roadway when EE heard a snap in EE's neck and felt a sharp pain.

Driver of Haul Truck informed me of back hurting early in the week of July 19 thru July 22. On July 20 was put on light duty. On July 21 they went to Urgent Care, doctor gave them a release for low back strain, with over the counter Tylenol and Ibuprofen and no work until the July 24. Emailed Albany Office additional statement.

2400-018W Miner scaled work area then set up bolt deck and started bolting, after a few bolts scaled area again, started bolting, rock came off rib hitting back of right boot, no cut or damage to boot, but miner had laceration to back of right ankle - two stitches.

IE was driving "Boomer" rings in to a longwall shield leg with a hammer. IE missed striking the ring and struck right index finger causing a laceration to EE's index finger.

Employee stated was lifting cable and strained back.

IE was getting out of vehicle in the parking lot when they slipped and fell landing on back. Employee went to be checked out due to back pain.

A fully trained miner was removing a roller from a sled when they caught a thumb between the roller and the sled. The injury was not the result of any compliance issues nor were any protective guards involved.

While IE was assisting building a block stopping, prior to it being wedged tight, the stopping fell over, catching IE's foot between blocks, fracturing foot. Injury was not the result of a training or compliance issue.

Employee was lifting a slider ventilation tube that had a lot of mud in it and felt something pop in EE's right shoulder

A fully trained miner was shoveling belt when a sand prop fell and cut EE's finger. The injury was not the result of any compliance issues nor were any protective guards involved.

IE was in HG-9 working on a double boom roof bolter. IE was driving in a bearing on the pinner. When a piece of metal chipped off and went into the IE right forearm. IE had the piece of metal removed from arm on 9/3/2021 and was taken off work.

Employee was picking up crib blocks and throwing them into a crosscut when the employee felt a sharp pain on right inner elbow and bicep

While doing secondary breakage operations EE struck a wedge and EE struck off and a piece sheared off lodging in EE's left forearm

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A COUNTERWEIGHT FROM THE CAT216B SKID STEER. AFTER REMOVING THE 2ND OF 2 BOLTS HOLDING THE WEIGHT IN PLACE, THE WEIGHT SLIPPED OUT OF EE'S RIGHT HAND AND EE TRIED TO CATCH IT. EE WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE WEIGHT'S MOTION. PART OF EE'S RIGHT HAND WAS CRUSHED UNDER THE WEIGHT. EE SUSTAINED AN OPEN FRACTURE AND LACERATION OF THE END OF EE'S RIGHT RING FINGER.

Injury was not reported to company until Tuesday July 27, 2021. Employee was installing a speed bump at the Load Out area. While kneeling down on the right knee EE began to swing hammer side to side to loosen stake to remove from ground. EE allegedly hit left knee with hammer resulting in a cellulitis infection in EE's left knee.

Employees hand became stuck in the steering wheel of a golf cart when the golf cart tire became stuck in the rail and caused the golf cart to run into the rib. Compliance with rules/regs, PPE, mining equip/systems not a factor. Miner proficiency may be a factor.

A fully trained miner was using a breast drill when it twisted in EE's hand spraining EE's wrist. The injury was not the result of any compliance issues nor were any protective guards involved.

After the shift employee had exited the Scale House and fell down stairs while walking to EE's car

Loader operator shook the bucket to confirm no residual material was in EE's bucket. The machine shaking aggravated an existing back condition. The operator finished the shift and departed the mine site without notifying the supervisor of EE's injury.

Cleaning Saw Barn Trench. Left Shoulder hurt.

EMPLOYEE STATED WHEN TRAVELING FROM THE #10 ENTRY BACK TO THE FEEDER ON THE #1 UNIT THEY HIT A HOLE IN THE TRAVELWAY JAMMING LOWER BACK.

At approx. 10:41pm prior to clocking in, employee stated to have said to the teammates in the Control Room, that they had fallen but told everyone they were fine. EE then went on to work the entire shift without issue. EE called Supervisor at about 1215 pm on July 20, 2021 and during conversation the teammate revealed to that they slipped and fell.

While dumping a load employee's haul truck bed came into contact with a high voltage powerline. Employee remained in the cab until it was deemed safe to exit and suffered only minor injuries.

A fully trained miner was crossing the tail gate GOB sail when EE slipped and twisted EE's ankle. The injury was not the result of any compliance issues nor were any protective guards involved.

A miner was hit in next to EE's left ear with a rock that bounced off a chute after being freed by a different miner.

Employee was changing a rack wheel when the wheel slipped and EE tried to catch it and pinched finger between the rack wheel and the relay bar fracturing the tip of EE's left index finger.

While stepping over a piece of metal, IE slipped and fell but caught themselves with left arm and shoulder. Causing strain/tear.

Standing back 10 feet, employee burned left forearm from condensate splash. Employee was using condensate to unplug dust line on #2 Dissolver Tank. Employee receive 2nd degree burns to left forearm.

While moving drill sample bags the employee stumbled, twisting their back.

IE pulled scoop up and got out. As EE was walking under the auxiliary fan cables they dropped striking EE's left shoulder. EE was brought out and taken to the hospital.

While drilling with an emulsion breast drill in preparation for rib pin installation, the bit caught inside the hole, rotating the body of the drill. IE's arm was caught in the hoses of breast drill, fracturing EE's arm. Incident was not the result of a training or compliance issue.

Ee was opening valve. EE stepped down onto hose causing the hose to unhook from the valve, and lime sprayed out, hitting EE in eyes. EE was transported to NNRH then to SLC for bilateral alkali burns to both eyes. Followed up with eye doctor on 7/19 and 7/21 and was put off work through 7/26 follow-up.

Employee alleges that the tire blew out on equipment EE was operating causing injury to EE's head.

EE claims was opening the gate leading to the plant. The latch was hard to open so EE kicked the latch while holding the gate. The latch struck EE's hand causing a laceration. EE received stitches to close the laceration.

While lifting a 2" pump onto a mantrip with the help of a coworker, having to lift the pump high over a tool box, EE felt a strain in right shoulder. Was taken off work on 8/13/2021 due to restriction of no use of right arm.

EE was walking at the drill site and EE's knee buckled.

Employee was walking back to the truck and tripped over EE's own feet. When EE was falling EE put out EE's hand to catch self and ended up breaking a bone in EE's hand.

Foreign material in left eye. Believed to have occurred while grinding metal to prep for welding. Small metallic fragment removed from worker's left eye at medical clinic, with no permanent damage done. Worker was wearing proper PPE while grinding.

While installing a roof bolt, a piece of rock dislodged from the roof and struck IE in hand. Incident was not the result of a training or compliance issue.

Draw rock fell striking miner on right hand causing a laceration.

Miner was shoveling material off of a belt and felt pain in EE's back.

EE was washing the windows of 986k loader. When EE stood up EE suddenly blacked out. When the EE came to, was lying on back on the loader platform. EE did not fall off the loader. EE felt pain in lower back and rib area. EE was taken to the local hospital for evaluation.

An employee removed the end cap from an eight inch water line that was under pressure and the injured employee who was in the line of fire 15'foot away was struck in the right eye with the high pressure water.

While changing steels on the roof bolter, the steel slipped from the employee's hand. It struck EE on the top of EE's left foot behind the steel toed portion of EE's boot. EE was diagnosed with a fracture of the 4th metatarsal bone.

While loading, employee looked up and a couple of handfuls of kiln dust fell from silo into eye.

Employee was walking to the scoop charging station on the 3W-B future longwall set-up area, when they stepped on the top of a tire rut and it broke loose and gave way under left foot causing left knee to hyper-extend. Employee didn't violate any rules or regulations and was wearing required PPE.

EE stepped down off of a fixed ladder to a level landing. When EE put EE's weight onto EE's left leg, EE's ankle rolled.

EE was changing a conveyer belt, when a rock fell from an unknown location striking the conveyer frame. This rock then bounced up and struck EE on the right side of EE's head below EE's hard hat. EE started to feel dizzy so EE was driven to the urgent care by a coworker where EE was diagnosed with a concussion. Proper lock out/tag out was being utilized.

Miner was allegedly filling a bucket and then emptying it on a locked out conveyor belt. After approx. 18 times their wrist bent backwards when raising the bucket. Miner had pain and limited range of motion. Miner was taken to ER where X rays were performed and found no fractures. Miner was discharged and given pain medication.

Laborer contracted a foreign substance (dust particle) in eye and after rubbing due to sweating, left the mine site and visited the eye doctor.

walking out of conex, step out onto the ground and knee popped. Walking around the forklift on level ground and knee popped and gave out.

Employee was carrying a header beam for a 6' door. When EE went to set the beam down EE's hands slipped, dropping the beam. The beam contacted the mine floor then bounced on top of EE's left foot. Employee finished the shift and later sought medical attention at the hospital. EE was diagnosed with a contusion to the left foot and taken off work as a precaution.

Employee was stemming holes when EE experienced low back strain/pain.

Employee was assisting panline bolter when a piece of rock binder fell out of the face and struck them in the left shoulder and neck. It did not involve any equipment or compliance issues. It also did not involve job skills, proficiency, training, PPE or protective devices.

Employee was assisting with ground control measures when a rock fell striking the basket causing the employee to sustain injuries to leg.

EE was resetting the 995 volt breaker on the section power car. When the breaker reset, it arced and burnt the top of EE's left hand and fingers.

Using jib crane to reposition pump clean-out/door assembly and part spun towards employee striking left leg and breaking it

Employee was standing in the last open cross-cut near the headgate area of the 3W Longwall, waiting for the face to advance before EE entered the area. As EE was standing there, a piece of coal fell from the roof and struck EE on the hard hat and between EE's shoulder blades. Employee began missing work on 7-21-21 due to this injury. EE didn't violate any rules or regulations.

Employee was taking a chain out of a belt hanger when the belt rail fell striking EE's left hand.

Employee was positioning roof strap, screen, and still steel to top while standing on rib protector door and a "detail" welded to the miner frame. As the drill pot was being ran up, foot slipped, and became wedged between the drill pot and the miner frame.

While removing radiator from Cat 988B loader, EE inadvertently stepped off the counter weight and fell to the ground approximately 4.5 feet fracturing left elbow and possibly left hip.

Employee stated EE was walking Long Wall face and EE's left leg got stuck and EE twisted EE's left knee

Employee was loading a 5 gallon can of oil into the back of a pick-up truck when EE experienced a burning sensation & pain in EE's left shoulder. Employee began missing work on 7-16-21 due to this injury. Employee overexerted EE's shoulder and failed to use proper lifting technique. Employee didn't violate any rules or regulations & was wearing required PPE.

Walking thru compressor room Tripped on a grounding wire that was sticking out of the concrete about 1/2 inch.

Employee was crossing over an idle longwall conveyor belt. Employee stepped off the belt onto the mine floor and twisted right knee. Employee experienced pain & swelling in the knee by the end of the shift. Employee didn't violate any rules or regulations and was wearing required PPE. Employee has training and experience.

Employee was riding personnel carrier on way outside ride hit a bump, employee caught shoulder against top of mine roof.

Employee was putting up bacon straps when EE's steel plugged and when EE pulled the steel out the bacon strap feel and hit EE on the head.

EE was changing bucket teeth on an excavator. When EE hit a tooth with a sledge hammer, a piece of the hammer head broke off and penetrated EE's left inner thigh. EE was taken to Palo Pinto General Hospital for medical care.

Welding overhead in a chute, a piece of weld slag burned through EE's pants & into boot, causing burn to foot. Initial care was first aid, but EE was later restricted from work.

Employee was removing a fan shroud from a 993K loader, when employee got left hand caught in between the shroud and the frame of the loader.

The employee claims that as EE was being loaded, a rock jarred EE's truck causing an injury to EE's neck.

EE was mudding a stopping between the mine foreman and bleeder entries in 2 West. The EE was wearing rubber gloves, but some of the b-bond entered EE's glove. The injured EE had a reaction to the contact with the b-bond. EE worked the next scheduled shift 7/10/21. Began missing on 7/12/21, and did not notify the mine it was because of the injury until 7/27/21.

Entering sump tank when right knee popped.

Walking up the sand pile to get sample and pulled a muscle in leg

Employee was grabbing cable bolt off of bolter when bolter operator signed machine was moving and trammed backwards over left foot.

IE stated they were shoveling coal spillage on the belt conveyor when lower back started aching. IE began missing work on 07/09/2021.

IE was roof bolting when EE's chuck came out of EE's drill pot. The IE did not secure the drill steel in the mine roof before picking up the chuck. The drill steel dropped from the top and hit the employees left ring finger. EE was brought to the surface and taken to be checked out.

Maintenance Tech was given the task of cleaning the spill pans used to catch acid under Fork Truck batteries that were being charged. During the process of cleaning, EE's eye was irritated by fumes.

EE shut EE's D-10 dozer off and exited the cab through the left door. When EE stepped onto the tracks of the dozer, EE felt pain in EE's left ankle and heard a pop. EE was driven to urgent care by a co-worker where EE was diagnosed with a sprained left ankle. EE took the next day off from work but returned the following work day.

Employee was on cat walk helping pull 5 runs of 535kcmil cables, when the cables started to get stuck they stepped out of hand rail to push cables off hand rail when they did, they did not let go of the 535kcmil. The weight of the cables pulled them off of the deck on to the ground, Resulting in the employee fracturing forearm.

Employee was replacing brushes on sweeper when EE felt a sharp pain in EE's right bicep. Assumed to be a slight tear.

Employee was working in a pump house and stepped down on a 3 foot long 6x6 wood board. The board was not sturdy, causing them to fall onto right shoulder, injuring right shoulder and arm.

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN USING A JACK HAMMER AND A SLEDGE HAMMER TO LOOSEN A BOLT FOR A LINER IN THE MILL. WHEN EE FINISHED EE NOTICED THAT EE'S ELBOW WAS RED, SLIGHTLY PAINFUL AND SWELLING

EE was attempting to clean mud out of their drill steel. While hitting the steel against the bolter drill pot, their hand slipped and came into contact with the drill wrench. Caused a fracture to their left hand. Employee has been taken off work by a specialist on 7-14-2021.

EE was carrying 11 pizza pans from the back of the bolter to the front on the bolter. EE felt a pain in the lower back.

The worker was unspooling the cable and walking it back toward the load-out area to connect to a railcar. EE felt a pain in EE's lower back.

While opening a bag of flocculant with a utility knife, dust particles of the flocculant blew under the miner's glasses and into the miners eye. The eye was immediately flushed as per the instructions of the MSDS and the miner was taken to an eye specialist for examination.

A fully trained miner was lifting a spool of cable when EE caught hand between the spool and the cart. The injury was not the result of any compliance issues nor were any protective guards involved.

Pulling draw rock.

MINER WAS HANDLING END CAP OF OVERCAST. AS EE WAS LIFTING IT TO PLACE IT ONTO PANELS, MINER SET IT DOWN ON LEFT LITTLE FINGER CAUSING A LACERATION AND FRACTURE THAT REQUIRED SURGERY TO SET.

IE was pushing a wheelbarrow when it hit a rock and stopped suddenly. This caused a pain in EE's left shoulder. EE was brought outside and taken to seek medical attention.

Employee was stacking bags and had index finger caught by a bag.

IE was helping to move a metal top deck panel (24"x 24"x 2") and felt a pain in their lower back. IE sought treatment on 7/16/2021.

Employee was standing on the DMU jack plate and the FCT was moving when the guarding on the sprocket car went over employee's foot.

Operator had finished cleaning windows on the small water truck as EE was dismounting with EE's right foot to lower step EE's left foot slipped off the top step. EE let go of the grab bar as the slip caused EE's body to twist landing on EE's left side.

After lifting the spilboard EE went to get off the belt. EE felt the pain in back and felt numbness in leg.

Employee was operating 777 Rock Truck when they hit a hole in road jarring lower back and felt numbness in left leg.

EE has had back problems for a while, so we assume EE just re-injured the old injury by getting off the loader ladder. EE was also doing quite a bit of shoveling dirt, so we have eliminated that from EE's job responsibilities, along with requiring EE to use all steps on the loader and not jumping from the 2nd to last step.

Employee was getting on a forklift

fell and injured right arm

I.E. was removing a damaged top roller from the take-up of the slope A belt, when I.E. cut the damaged roller loose it popped up and caught right index finger in between the roller frame and conveyor belt rail, causing a fracture to the finger. I.E. started missing work on 07/12/2021 after a follow up with an Orthopedic surgeon. The Doctor said the finger is healing good.

The operator of the 775 haul truck left the pit loaded with coal and started up the ramp when EE felt the truck lost traction or bogged down on the hill. The truck backed down the ramp and into the highwall causing a whiplash like accident causing injury to the operator's neck and shoulder.

A miner pulled a staple out of the PTO port on a shield, the plug came out and struck miner in the finger. Injury was not the result of a training or compliance issue.

miner sufferer cut on one left hand finger trying to remove a PVC tube.

Empleado se subio a uno de los camiones por el lado del pasajero, por su voluntad, poniendo la mano sobre la capota del camion mientras bajaba la tumba. y la tumba del camion le pincho el dedo pulgar de la mano derecha. Era la hora del almuerzo, 12 medio dia, y subia al area de descanso.

Employee was lifting a piece of belt structure while working on knees in a low seam coal mine when employee felt pain in groin area. The employee worked until hernia surgery on 8/18/2021.

The employee was using a fin-hoe to clean out lifter holes after drilling them, when EE felt pain in the lower back/left hip.

Employee was throwing a track switch when the barrel caught causing the trow to spring back jamming the employees left arm and shoulder. Employee worked till 7/13/2021 when EE was taken off work.

Employee was standing beside cone crusher after assisting to push some material through it with a frost bar. Another employee went around the crusher to manually open the cone further. Employee still by cone got right foot caught in pinch point. Employee suffered tendon damage and a broken heel as well as a laceration.

Employee was filling oil in KB-09. Employee fell off of the maintenance truck while getting more oil, striking knees and left arm. Employee began losing time from work on July 2, 2021.

Employee stated employee has fallen several times but cannot remember a specific date, but stated cannot lift arm. Employee was taken off work on 09/10/2021 for surgery of a torn rotator cuff of the right shoulder.

Mechanic was inspecting parts under the deck of a Pit Viper drill and moved to get a better look and strained EE's back.

Operator was digging into an Ore stockpile loading a screen plant. At approximately 2:26 a.m. the Ore pile peak shifted from East to West and slid down striking a 336 Excavator and a Screen Plant. During the slide the Ore entered the front glass of the Excavator covering the legs, waist and lower chest of the operator.

States pain occurred in left chest and ribs while swinging a sledge hammer.

Employee was traveling in the basket of a manlift when something caused the lift to unexpectedly increase in speed, throwing the employee off-balance. EE struck EE's ribs on the handrail of the man basket.

Injured EE and another EE were replacing a return roller on the carry back conveyor when the roller shifted. The injured EE moved quickly to hold the roller and felt a pain in side/back.

Employee emptied hot kiln feed material from rotary feed end recirculating chamber into dump hopper. Employee used fork truck to transport dump hopper to outside stall and dumped the hopper. Employee stepped into dumped hot material causing some hot material to spill into top of boot causing burn to left ankle.

Involved in a single light vehicle accident on the haul road, vehicle came to a sudden stop. Person was sitting in the back seat of the vehicle

IE was injured while removing a piece of 8' channel from a trolley cart. When the IE picked up the channel on the down slope side, the channel slid off of the cart striking the IE in the right foot.

Employee was cleaning on the opposite side of the control handles on the rock chopper when the 90 degree elbow broke. Which resulted in them getting burned by hydraulic oil.

Truck roll over on mine road

While using a pry bar to release a stuck open-top railcar gate latch, employee felt a pop in EE's right shoulder, resulting in medical treatment and work restrictions for a suspected torn rotator cuff.

While removing the bucket shank a piece came off striking the employee in the knee

Driver approached a T-Intersection which was rutted from the rain. When driver made a left turn, truck caught one of the ruts and bounced hard. The driver was bounced to the right in the seat. As the day progressed, the drivers back became stiff and had sore ribs.

A miner strained their back lifting a wheelbarrow with rock and did not report it to their supervisor. On 07/21/2021 the miner changed screens inside a screener and further strained their back. The miner again didn't report the injury to their supervisor. After seeking medical attention and being prescribed lost time the miner reported the injury to their supervisor.

Attempting to separate an Elevator Bucket from Elevator chain during maintenance, resulting in muscle strain

At the wash plant walking down the steps slipped on the steps which were wet and oily tried to catch self on hand rail and sprained right shoulder.

Employee lifted 72" return roller into back of pickup and felt pain in right shoulder and arm. Employee continued to work until surgery on 2/3/2021.

Employee claims to have strained an abdomen muscle while sitting down on a creeper.

Miner claimed miner went to find the crew members in the section & when miner turned a corner slipped in the mud & twisted left knee which caused miner to drop to knees, after that miner's co-workers saw miner & helped miner to the dinner table where they applied ice packs & wrapped the knee. The operator disputes the injury occurred.

While shoveling material off of a radial stacker, the employee reported feeling pain in abdomen that continued throughout the day. After following up with the physician, EE was diagnosed with a hernia on 8/27/21. Repair surgery is scheduled for 10/14/21. EE currently has not lost any time and is not on restricted duty.

Working on haul truck engine. Removing number 1 cylinder head bolts. Hand was caught between bracket and air gun while removing head bolts.

The miner was standing on a ladder and pushing up on a roof hatch door on the new shaft cage in the shop. The hatch door weighs approximately 40-50 lbs. The miner felt the ladder move and EE's hand slipped on the door EE was holding open causing it to come down on EE's left pinky finger tip.

A haul truck operator went down an emergency ladder and misjudged the distance from the ground causing EE to break their foot when they came to the ground.

The operator was bending down to pick up a drill pad that needed adjusted prior to unloading Drill 15 off of the Tow Boy. As EE bent down, EE felt a pop in EE's knee, and EE fell to the ground. This incident caused dislocation to the left knee.

Replacing Conveyor belt with the use of 262 D Cat Skid Loader driven by employee. Employee was backing the skid Loader while watching commands from two other employees when the conveyor clamp slipped off the belt and sling shot thru the windshield hitting skid loader operator in the right upper chest.

walking to work station and stepped in small hole in the floor and foot rolled over

IW and the supervisor were changing V-belts on the cyclone pump. The equipment was locked out and tagged out while working on it. IW looked away and caught the left index finger in/between the v-belt and pulley wheel causing a laceration.

While removing bolts on the top of the tail pulley guard, the guard slid down and cut into employee's left ring finger

Helical anchor wire got caught up in spud wire and became wedged. Worker entered water to free stuck cable. EE struck anchor wire with hammer freeing spud causing EE's leg to become pinned between the cable and the spud.

An employee felt a pop in EE's lower back while attempting to change out a pump motor insert on a continuous mining machine.

Employee was heating some bent steps on an excavator and attempting to bend them back into place with a 5' pry bar. The pry bar slipped and the employee stepped back with left leg which twisted and fibula bone by employee's left ankle fractured.

EE was in the NO.8 entry operating the C/M. A piece of coal rib rolled out striking EE in the lower left leg.

Miner was drilling when the striker bar broke inside the drifter. The miner used a hammer to try and free it, the coupler was struck with the hammer causing a sliver of metal to come off and embedded in miner's left forearm just above the wrist.

Injured miner was crossing over top of the haulage unit. When EE grabbed the the metal structure to pull self up onto the structure, EE dislocated right shoulder.

EE was getting loaded at the 43 shovel on the right side. The HT operator felt a slight pinch on the right side of neck while getting loaded. On 7/16/2021 EE was issued restrictions due to the rough loading incident.

Employee was lifting screen to place in screen deck & felt pain in the shoulder. EE eventually sought medical treatment & has now been diagnosed with a tear. Surgery is scheduled for 9/20/2021. The employee continues to work.

While replacing a screen on wash plant another EE was using a pry bar to align the new screen, the other EE did not see EE's hand in the way and struck EE's hand with the pry bar causing a laceration between EE's ring and pinky finger of EE's right hand. 2 stitches at ER.

pushing trash on the discharge ramp, EE was pushing by hand and another rock fell on hand. Crushed left thumb.

Employee missed a step and slipped while attempting to exit the cab of Water Truck 17. Employee fell to the ground hitting their left foot. Employee then climbed back into Water Truck and moved it to the side and called dispatch. This incident resulted in a fracture to the left ankle.

Pulling a stone off of the conveyor, felt a pain in abdomen around belly button

Employee was climbing down from Tractor 1807 seat, employee's foot was not in the step all the way, foot slipped out and employee hit the ground, rolling ankle. Medical doctor diagnosed right ankle fracture, off work until reevaluated. Lost time injury.

Employee was walking and attempting to pass under low overhead. Employee did not get low enough and caught top of hardhat on beam causing neck strain.

Contract employee was helping with installing a new chain link fence. EE was lifting and moving the ladder to each of the poles to attach the fence to the poles. As EE was climbing up and down, EE felt a slight burning and pinching pain on the right shoulder. The pain went away. Did not have pain until the next morning. Reported to supervisor at the start of EE's next shift.

Miner was clearing material beneath the hopper for the stacker belt next to the screening plant when a rock jumped out of the hopper and hit Miner's hard hat.

Injured employee assisted another employee picking up a section of floor grate (70lb) felt a pain in shoulder. Reported it to supv., was taken for medical eval. Employee placed on restricted duty till follow-up, eventually diagnosed as rotator cuff tear. Surgery scheduled 12/3, lost time as of 12/6, potential RTW 1/25/22

Employee was cutting a snubber pulley out with torch, EE banged on pulley and the pulley shattered. Causing an eye injury. Employee was wearing safety glasses.

EE was walking down the steps of the 852 dragline when EE lost footing. EE was holding onto the handrail with left hand and twisted right ankle upon breaking the fall. EE also injured left shoulder in an attempt to catch self. After ongoing care and treatment and following an MRI, physical therapy was ordered to address issues identified with the shoulder. PT prescribed 3/24/22

Miner was lifting 75lb vibrators to install into vibrator brackets on side of outlet hopper on a railcar. EE placed 3 into their resected brackets but when went to lift the 4th vibrator was struck with sharp lower back pain. Railcar is 37" height and 32" from ground to bracket, and 16" deep. Area was free of debris and without any trip hazards.

Employee was servicing the 6" Multiquip pump. EE removed the filling cap and pressure from the reservoir caused hot water to escape the cap. EE received burns on the left arm, side, groin and thigh area. EE was transported to Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa for treatment.

At approx. 1014, a crane operator was assisting with work at B-Hill. The operator was utilizing a pry bar and their hands slipped from the bar, causing them to fall (same level) to the ground.

Equipment operator was cleaning out overburden using a Scraper when they ran over a piece of rock causing a jarred effect on the employee. Employee later experienced neck soreness.

At approx. 1428, a tire repair employee was working on the #1 tire of the 552HT. As the employee was coming down the 4ft stairs, they felt their ankle roll on the 2nd to last step. The employee grabbed the handrail with their left hand but still impacted the ground on their right shoulder. Employee felt discomfort in the shoulder area and reported incident to area supervisor.

An employee was loading a boom lift onto the truck, while not maintaining a grip on the hand hold. The unit tipped forward and EE was ejected from the platform, resulting in a broken nose. The employee was wearing a full body harness and lanyard attached to the equipment's anchorage point.

EE was lifting a CO2 tank onto curb and felt a pop in abdomen.

EE was sweeping material into a pile for cleanup. They stepped backwards onto a softball size rock, rolling their ankle and spraining it. EE was issued restrictions.

While opening the lids on trailer, grabbed latch and pulled up. It was stiff and didn't open so EE pulled harder. It snapped open and twisted EE's wrist. EE didn't think much about it until EE was home and it started hurting pretty badly.

Slipped getting out of office chair, plopped back down into chair and jarred EE's back. Mentioned it to supervisor, but did not want medical tx at that time. Requested medical tx 8/4 due to lingering back pain.

EE picked up a chipping gun from a rack and felt pain in lower back. On 08/02/2021 EE was seen by a Dr. and given restrictions for a strained lower back.

EE was closing a valve on the tailings delivery line. EE stepped down and did not notice the cribbing supporting the pipe. EE stepped on cribbing and rolled ankle. EE was issued restrictions.

Leaching employee was pulling drip line when they felt a sharp pain on the left side of their neck.

Haul truck slid into another haul truck due to weather conditions on roadway causing employee to strain back.

Employee was exiting the Man Van at the Crusher Road Tiedown when employee rolled right ankle.

Miner cut EE's left ring finger while changing segment plates from a John Deere 944K loader bucket requiring 8 stitches. Miner was holding bolt head as EE impacted the nut with the impact wrench spinning the head of the bolt.

Employee stepped down from dozer and foot slipped on unconsolidated material causing employee to injure knee.

While attempting to turn at the Crusher pocket, the employee noticed the steering was tight on Haul Truck 27 and continued making the turn. This resulted in the employee feeling pain in their left shoulder.

Incident that occurred was not related to mining activity. Miner had a personal medical event and as a result received 4 stitches on forehead above EE's right eye.

Technician was tightening a screw in the electrical compartment of an hvac unit when technician's hand slipped and was cut on the housing of the cabinet.

Warehouse tech was lifting a roll of belt skirting and as they set it down, it bounced, causing their left pinky to become smashed and dislocated.

Employee was working on a conveyor and stepped on the toe board and twisted and strained ankle. EE sought medical attention and was placed on restricted duty.

Employee was pulling on a mechanism when EE felt a pop in EE's lower back.

Miner was loading packaged blasting agent and shoveling (stemming) bore holes and noticed EE's shoulder getting sore. Applied ice for several days with no relief. Reported the injury on 08/05/2021. Sought medical care on 08/09/2021.

Went to take wrench of the steel, co-worker hit the lever to tighten the steel not knowing hand or finger was still in there and finger got stuck between the wrench and the rock. Worker developed soreness and started getting worse and worse on the drive home. Was taking the wrench off the steel for the DTH Drill. 2 Fingers got smashed, fractured.

Employee was tightening a hydraulic hose when EE's elbow starting hurting. Employee has not yet went to the Doctor for this but says it's still hurting and EE will probably go within the next few day.

Employee was assisting to remove cutting edge bolts from a loader bucket that was properly blocked & locked out. Employee failed to use PPE. Since injury we have retrained employee as well as gave additional task training. Employee got EE's finger cut which required five stitches. No long term impairment.

EE was in Building #18 operating Saw #4. While loading a larger stone on the feed conveyer they tried pushing the stone up against the stone in front of it on the conveyor belt. EE then heard a pop in left chest and felt some pain. The Doctor says they fractured a rib on the left side.

Assisting with a horizontal pressure leaf filter, being filled with hot water, in preparation for an acid wash, on the deck to confirm when the filter was full. The carriage bolt assembly that holds the filter head, to the filter shell, failed and sprayed the employee with hot water. Employee was treated for 1st and 2nd degree burns and given a full work release on 08/02/21.

Haul Truck was parked at a shovel pit, another haul truck traveling to the shovel became stuck in mud causing them to navigate close to the parked haul truck and the bat wings came into contact.

Employee was scraping down a synthetic gypsum chute of material when employee pushed the scraping tool into a large chunk of material and felt a pain in left shoulder/ left pec.

The injured miner was crossing the beltline and slipped in muddy conditions while stepping off the beltline. When the injured miner slipped, was holding onto a chain and injured shoulder. The injured miner was not able to go to the shoulder specialist until August 3, 2021.

Clinker cooler baghouse compartment #2. Inspecting bags for damage. Entered top of #2 compartment, Removed #2 compartment hatch cover. Stacked the hatch cover on top of the adjacent hatch covers. Crossed the top of the stacked hatch covers stepping off landed on right leg, slightly off balance and harder than expected impact, injuring back.

While checking a slow overflow chute on the No. 2 rock silo, the employee placed this hand on the floor to look under a conveyor. A rock from the overflowing chute fell and struck the employee on the finger. The rock made contact with the finger just behind the fingernail at the joint.

EE was attempting to swing a suspended load that had been hung up. EE pushed on the load and it popped loose and trapped R hand between I-beam and load causing laceration.

An employee was climbing up on top of a prill truck, when the hydraulic handrail system failed pinching the employee's right hand.

Improper access to secondary containment oil bay. Impairment resulted in strained left ankle.

Operator was preparing the fuel truck for the work shift. While using 3 points of contact descending from the ladder, operator stepped onto a rock lying on the ground and twisted right ankle. Operator was taken to Urgent Care Facility for observation.

EE was in the manlift helping to repair a guard. The manlift basket got caught on a piece of metal and then jolted loose. When it came loose, the EE fell against the handrail, hit lower back and pinched EE's sciatic nerve. The doctor placed EE on light duty.

Injured was lifting a 40lb grease barrel into truck bed when finger was cut by one of the tabs on the barrel lid.

Citation No. 9534978 was issued during a Part 50 Audit regarding this injury. The employee was installing a roof bolt when EE felt EE's right knee pop causing pain.

Swinging a 12lb sledge hammer and employee twisted wrong and injured back

Cleaning the floor of the saw shed with the bobcat (small tractor). EE wanted to put a piece of grout - by hand - in the bucket of the bobcat and hurt back by trying to lift/drag this piece.

EE using bottle jack to remove plate from crusher. Plate came free and threaded rod struck employees left hand. .25" skin avulsion on hand.

Employee was stacking screen on rib, when EE stepped back EE didn't realize EE's footing was on a piece of screen. The screen slid out from underneath EE, causing the employee to slip and fall.

Cut left index finger during maintenance. Hand was placed on gravity take up guide pole, 966 loader bucket that was supporting the counter-weight bled down hydraulic pressure causing the counter-weight to lower and finger got pinched by the guide pole sleeves.

Emp was descending the stairway from the electric shop breakroom and felt a pop in EE's knee. Emp. was taken to the company clinic on 7/27/21 and was placed on restrictions and given orders for physical therapy.

Crew was tasked with removing the hub of the conveyor head pulley. Employee placed a fire blanket over the stiff back and all-thread rod for precautionary measures. The rod snapped and swung upward striking right thumb.

EE driving production truck to shovel cut on road and felt glute pain on right side. EE sought medical evaluation at a later date, prescribed restrictions & PT.

Employee was shoveling sand into a wheelbarrow when employee felt pain in lower back on the right side. Placed on restriction, no lost time.

EE was sorting stone and was carrying a stone back to the splitter for a recut. EE stumbled and fell into machine with stone in hand, EE's finger was smashed between stone and machine. EE's post Drug and Alcohol test came back inconclusive and sent for further testing. Test came back 5 days later Positive. EE was Terminated due to Positive Drug and Alcohol Test.

Employee stepped on a rock and rolled ankle, resulting in avulsion fracture. Prescribed air cast, crutches, and restricted duty.

While physically assisting in moving a track, employee felt strain in groin area.

The employee stated Employee was replacing a broken rear leaf spring on a pickup. The spring slipped while placing on the differential and they attempted to catch it. While the employee did not get on restricted duties until 7/27/2021, so that is when became reportable.

Employee was climbing off the back of the service truck, while using 3 points of contact. EE stepped on a rock, the rock rolled after putting weight on it and rolled EE's ankle.

EE was climbing up the excavator for shift when foot/heel slipped on the track causing left knee to twist.

An employee was walking and stepped on a rock and rolled right ankle but continued working through the shift. Medical treatment was sought and an MRI was obtained on July 20th which determined that they had ligament issues in the ankle then employee was placed on restricted duty July 22nd.

Employee was using a pry bar to close a gate on the rail car. After closing the gate, the employee threw the pry bar to the ground, causing a rock to fly up in the air and strike the employee in the eye. The employee was not wearing safety glasses.

Employee was transferring booster from the powder truck to a five gallon bucket to distribute them to the blast holes they where going to load. When employee picked up the bucket felt something go wrong with their lower back.

Haul truck driver was fueling at the SLV fuel dock. When they went to disconnect, they heard a hissing sound and fuel was spraying out of the top of the fuel tank. Driver was covered in fuel and began to get a headache.

On 7/16/2021 mechanic was swinging a dead blow 16lb hammer to remove the tension on the ball stud on a haul truck. On mechanics next shift, they had lower back pain.

Injured was taking side cover off of the miner and lost grip on the cover and smashed finger between the cover and the machine. This caused a non-displaced fracture on EE's finger.

Employee was changing screens at the crusher and while moving the screens they hurt their side.

Man van was traveling to the 16 shovel when it hit a mudhole causing the employee to experience neck, back, and shoulder pain.

While operating the scaler, employee stated that the wrist was injured due to jarring the machine. Following an investigation, with company management and our work comp provider, it became reportable on 8-13-21.

Lifting heavy rock cleaning the C1 belt on AB plant experiencing pain in groin area

Employee states that while stepping off a shovel bucket, they rolled their left ankle. Employee felt immediate pain in left ankle.

An employee was cleaning out the coal mill rotary feeder for #3 kiln. The employee was closing the door, holding it closed with EE's left hand and using EE's right hand to tighten the nut down to hold the door in place with a wrench. As the employee was tightening the bolt, EE felt discomfort in EE's shoulder.

Employee was loading a thin veneer saw with chop stone when a piece of stone fell against EE's knee.

Employee was picking up a mantrip with a loader, and the loader caught the mantrip shed door causing it to spring back striking the employees right leg.

An employee was traveling north in RM warehouse/Automix area. The employee stepped in the forklift wheel tracks that were made through a film of slurried clay that was on the floor. When doing so, the employee's right foot slipped out from under EE which caused EE to fall to the ground striking their right hip on the comm. radio that was attached to the right hip area.

Employee was attempting to cut open an oil can when EE's hand slipped causing a laceration to the right thumb. The area was approximately five and a half feet high and wet.

Employee felt strain to left leg knee when descending staircase. Employee has had a prior injury to this knee in high school.

Loose rock in slope

Employee was installing a 7' roof bolt when EE felt a pain in the arm. EE was diagnosed with a left rotator cuff tear.

While attempting to remove a race from the tail pulley shaft on the feed belt by standing on a pry bar to lift the tail pully from the frame, EE's foot slipped off the bar causing EE to fall forward to the ground and landing on left elbow. EE said that EE dislocated a shoulder when elbow/forearm contacted the ground causing pain in shoulder.

Employee was trying to untangle dripline from the reel machine, when the end of the dripline came loose and struck the employee in the groin.

Employee was working on a sump pump that was secured to table with a come-along. Two eye bolts used on the suction case liner for pick points to be removed and handled with crane. When the liner came off the pump teetered pinching employees finger between pump and suction liner.

Employee was doing pre start inspection at the crusher on C10-CV01 tail pulley and guards. Employee stepped back and turned to their right when their ankle rolled and fell to the ground. Employee was assisted by co worker and lead person.

Operator of HT630 went to re-spot when the dipper of the 41 shovel opened and material landed on the bed.

The night shift supervisor was traveling with an employee on #41 John Deere tractor. The tractor hit a bump in the road, and said employee told the supervisor it hurt EE's back.

Employee was helping guide a forklift, when they were pinned between a haul truck tire and the working platform of the forklift.

Employee was holding the threader against the conduit to start the threading process. When the employee let off the trigger to readjust how they were holding the threader, the threader kept running spinning around the conduit. Employee attempted to unplug threader when the threader hit them in the leg causing fall to the floor landing on shoulder.

An employee turned the wizard on. It was on high amps and the sanding blocks flew off and hit a co-worker in the right hand.

Employee while working on a dozer pushing material slid into a cavity causing employee's head to move side to side rapidly causing a strain to neck

Setting up a Marini drill and EE's back started to hurt towards the end of the shift. Possible back strain. Miner had drilled anchor point holes with a plug drill.

Miner was working in man lift when EE accidently switched the lift into high gear. The lift hit a large, hidden rock and jolted several times. The miner's lanyard shortened with each jolt and EE could not dislodge EE's foot from the dead man's switch. EE sprained EE's right ankle.

EE backing up haul truck, shovel bucket struck bed, stopping truck suddenly and jostling the EE in the cab. The EE was seen at health clinic, diagnosed with sprain, and released to full duty. On follow-up on 7/29/21, EE prescribed physical therapy and released with restrictions, making this reportable.

Injured was operating dozer when EE backed over windrow which jarred EE's back. Injured requested medical treatment on 7/13 and was given work restrictions.

While clearing a crude lump from the feed chute to processing equipment the shovel the employee was using came into contact with the processing equipment and pinched the employee's left hand between the shovel handle and the nearby equipment guard.

Employee was walking on float of dredge to do maintenance, and stopped and stepped backward, tripped and fell on right shoulder. Employee's shoulder has arthritis and the fall onto the shoulder aggravated it. Employee received a Toradol shot at clinic.

Employee was assigned to shovel and pull drip. At the end of shift the employee noticed tightness in EE's right arm. When employee arrived home, the employee noticed swelling in the right forearm area. Employee went to the ER and was told that the swelling was from a possible busted blood vessel from the over use of the arm.

EE was pushing bolts and felt a pop in EE's back. EE did not have any pain immediately but EE's back started hurting overnight. EE reported 7/7/21 that EE was sore and wanted to see a Dr.

EE tried to start the pump located in the rear compartment on the passenger side of the fuel truck and hit the back of EE's hand on a bolt on the mud flap located beside EE cutting hand. The cut EE received from this bolt required 10 stitches in the right hand.

Ee reported heat exhaustion, reports descending equipment. EE reports right ankle pain, but does not remember injuring ankle. Claim investigated by workers' comp and determined work related 7/26. Review of ee's schedule on 9/9/21 discovered one restricted duty day worked prompting this report. Original review of time did not show any restricted duty days.

Employee was walking off burner floor and fell while descending a two-stair area within the plant, landing on their side. Injury was not reported until 07/07/2021 and employee was treated for shoulder strain.

Employee pinched right pinky finger between hopper and handrail

An employee was kneeling down to work on the spill flight, when their knee landed on a small rock. Employee sought medical treatment 5 days later and was placed on modified duties.

Employee received contusion on right thigh when struck with reject belt while clearing backed up bags on palletizer machine.

The employee's right thumb was smashed between a pallet and the trailer deck that the employee was offloading.

Injured was using a sledge hammer to loosen wear parts on a VSI rotor. While striking a cast bar, a piece of metal separated from the bar and entered into the injured's abdomen. Injured went to urgent care and received 2 stitches.

Employee was replacing tail pulley in conveyor while sliding shaft into bearing when it became wedged and wouldn't move. Employee tried to adjust the bearing to finish sliding the shaft in when the bearing shifted causing the safety to slip and fall thus pinching employee's right hand between the shaft and conveyor structure.

Employee was operating a scoop, when the employee stopped to exit the scoop, they got out of the cab and stood up and a piece of mesh contacted the employee right above the right eye.

Unrolling a conveyer belt. Had to swing it around, and when it unrolled and did a pass it pulled employee's finger in between the pipe and the belt. Got finger stuck in it.

Employee went to move a part that weighed 30-35 lbs. and experienced lower back pain. Chiropractor care was given on Monday 08/02/2021 and an X-Ray was ordered for 08/04/2021 for further diagnosis. The employee has not missed any scheduled shifts and was given a return to work as tolerated release.

Employee removing a pin from a tilt cylinder on the loader and the pin fell causing left hand to be caught between the pin and the loader. The employee sought medical treatment and received stitches.

Employee tripped on track tie and struck knee on a spike puller causing injury.

Approximately 2 breaks outby the #3 section tail piece the employee was attempting to cut off excess waterline straw with a utility razor knife. The knife slipped causing a laceration to the left wrist. The employee received 4 sutures. The area was damp to wet and approximately 66 inches in height.

The injured was drilling the top when a piece of rock measuring 8" x 6" x 1" and one 11"x 6"x1" fell from the top. One rock knocked the injured's hat off, the other one hit the injured on top of the head, causing a cut that required 9 sutures to close.

Normal working section, while throwing crib blocks to be set EE got left thumb pinched between 2 cribs resulting in 7 stitches.

EE bent down to skive belt and lost EE's footing. EE slipped while EE had EE's knife in hand. The knife cut EE's inner thigh as EE was trying to catch self from falling.

While the employee went to add their second piece of steel together to finish drilling the hole, a piece of loose roof fell and hit EE on the arm.

Injured Employee was supervising repair of the longwall shearer. As the shearer was being repositioned, a cutting bit contacted a shield and a small piece of metal broke free & traveled approx. 30' & struck the employee on the inside of EE's left forearm and became embedded under the skin. The piece of metal was later removed and employee received 3 stitches.

While removing the oil drain plug from the rear axle of a Caterpillar 777D haul truck with a breaker bar and socket, the Miner struck EE's left hand on the trucks strut bracket when the plug broke free. The Miner cut EE's middle finger below the knuckle on the bracket. The Miner was taken to the hospital where EE received stitches to close the laceration.

While entering the basket of a powder truck the employee reached over with left hand to close the lift arm. During this EE's hand slipped allowing for EE's left pinky finger to slide into a pinch point at the bottom of the lift arm. This resulted in the left pinky finger tip to become fractured and a laceration resulting in stitches.

While removing a chock block from the haul truck, the employee felt a pain in their right shoulder. Diagnosed with rotator cuff arthropathy. Employer learned of diagnosis on 10/5/2021.

Employee stated IE and another worker were in the process of replacing the rub rail on the 6927 cm. They set the rub rail on the bracket and was in the process of pushing it on in. IE had finger caught between the rub rail and the frame on the miner. IE received stitches on 8/3/2021 and a skin graft.

The employee was struck by a 5'roll of the liner, as the liner unrolled itself down the slope. EE was struck by the liner to the right side of head and neck area. The employee was given first aid measures and finished the shift.

Cutting a section of conveyor belt with a knife, knife slipped and operator cut leg needing stitches to close the wound.

The McCloskey S190 was being fed by the loader. The McCloskey suddenly shut off. The operator got out to check what was wrong and there was a code on the machine that said "cooler fail". The operator went to check how hot the cap was on the radiator, EE barely touched the cap and the cap flew off and the hot coolant sprayed on EE's forearm causing burns to EE's forearm skin.

Employee was mowing at the facility when they cut their hand on a rusty pipe. They needed 3 stitches.

While walking between haul truck and office at the end shift the employee tripped over a grounding wire coming off of the generator. The trip caused the employee to fall to the ground landing on both hands. A ligament in left shoulder requiring rehab.

Mantrip tire blew out on the slope. This caused the mantrip to hit the archways. The passengers were jostled around in the mantrip. Injuries occurred due to bodily contact with mantrip.

Mantrip tire blew out while on slope. This caused the mantrip to hit the archways. Individuals involved were jostled inside the mantrip. Body contact with mantrip caused injuries.

Employee, in a kneeling position (right leg down) was using a spring loaded, self-retracting utility knife to cut a zip tie. As the cut was made, the knife slipped, causing a laceration to the left shin. Employee received 6 sutures to close the wound, and returned to work immediately.

Employee was going thru a 3' by 5' man door when the air pressure pushed the door back on them causing the employee to cut right index finger. The employee received 4 sutures.

Employee and others were in the process of re-installing the belt winch cover and it became jammed. As they worked to free the cover, it let loose suddenly, pinching employees right middle finger between the cover and winch base.

Employee was placing a barricade around some I beams that had been removed when EE walked into the end of one of them that had a sharp edge and cut leg just above EE's boot.

While repairing A/C on a 777 CAT Water Truck a mechanic reached down between seats to check air flow, as EE was reaching down EE stumbled and EE's fingers entered the A/C intake and contacted the fan. Mechanic was taken to ER where finger tip was stitched up.

water pump 6" hose became pressurized when pump was turned on and moved striking miner in the legs and knocking EE down. Miner hurt EE's left wrist/lower arm bracing self from EE's fall to the ground.

Employee was spraying pump motor on EE's car with the miner's wash down hose. The hose flew up and struck EE near the left eye. There was a small cut in the left eyelid that required two stitches.

Employee was closing an elevator door, when their left index finger was caught in between the doors. The employee sought medical treatment and received stitches.

Employee stated was cutting a piece of belting with a razor knife when the knife broke loose and cut self in the leg. Employee received two stitches to close the wound.

Employee was working on #2 Clinker Cooler and hot dust fell in EE's glove causing burns to wrist / arm area. Employee went to ER (time of day), was treated and was cleared to return to work.

EE was cutting water hose with personal pocket knife when knife closed on right index finger.

Employee had concrete dust get in EE's eye. Site personnel irrigated the concrete out. We took employee to Workmed and they sent EE to an Ophthalmologist. The Ophthalmologist prescribed Azithromycin gel to prevent infection. Employee returned to work full duty the next scheduled shift.

EE ADJUSTING THE FORKS ON A FORKLIFT WITH A WRENCH, WRENCH HIT EE ON THE CORNER OF THE RIGHT EYE RESULTING IN SCRATCH TO RIGHT EYE. EE RECEIVED PRESCRIPTION EYE DROP AND RELEASED TO FULL DUTY WITH NO RESTRICTIONS.

EE was walking from the lab back to the control room. EE said: turned the corner from the lab, slipped and fell on right side. EE felt some pain and soreness in upper right arm/shoulder area. The floor was dry and nothing was on the floor.

Employee was riding inside rail man trip and was not paying attention to low clearance signage. The employee raised EE's head as the man trip approached a ventilation overcast. The employee's head came in contact with the overcast pushing EE's hard hat down causing a laceration.

While greasing the cylinder on the Dozer the cylinder head did not appear to be getting the grease. The employee looked over the cylinder head grease fitting and it popped off and struck EE in the right eye

Employee states that while driving haul truck employee hit a bump in the road that caused the air seat to bottom out, jarring employee's back. Employee started physical therapy on 8/17/2021 which made it a reportable incident.

EE was lifting Right-hand dog bone into place by hand when it slipped free of control. As it fell EE tried to push it against the stick to keep it from falling to the ground and smashing EE's foot. Customer added a guard to the stick. Employees finger was smashed between the dog bone and the guard. The additional guard is not a Caterpillar part.

Employee was helping the bolters. Turned EE's head and hit it on a roof mat that was laying on top of the bolter.

I.E. was recovering curtains from an old set of rooms. As the I.E. was pulling spads out of a 2x4 with a spad puller, it slipped from their grip and left a laceration on their left hand requiring stitches. I.E. has not missed any work due to the injury.

Emp. was carrying two buckets of miner bits each weighing approximately 26 pounds to the mantrip. The employee tripped and lost their footing causing employee to drop bit buckets and in the process twisted and strained back. Emp. sought medical assistance on their own on 7/27/21 and was given 2 injections and a prescription for a muscle relaxer.

The injured miner was removing a large piece of rock that fell on top of the continuous miner. While applying force to the rock, the miner slipped and the miner's face contacted the rock and caused a laceration. Three sutures was required to close the wound.

EE was assisting operation and placed finger on shim; finger was pinched causing a fracture and laceration of the left index finger tip requiring two sutures. Employee released to work without restrictions.

while moving an air lance arms, strained EE's left shoulder.

The employee was in the process of mixing cement for hole abandonment when cement leaked into work boot, causing a caustic burn to the top right foot.

Employee was changing a planetary on a C/M. While the planetary and arm were being worked back and forth in an effort to remove it from beside the machine: the employee's thumb was smashed between the frame and planetary. This resulted in a laceration and a fracture to the thumb.

Threw out left shoulder using sledge hammer. Pulled muscles in both upper arm/shoulder.

After connecting the water hose in the L1CL sump employee's Rt forearm contacted a bolt on the rib causing a laceration that required sutures.

Miner had finished cleaning buildup below the tail pulley of an incline conveyor and as miner was standing up, struck head on the steel braces for the structure knocking off hard hat resulting in a head laceration.

Employee was kneeling and using a 9" grinder for an extended amount of time. It kicked back striking the employee in the leg causing a laceration leading to 6 stitches.

Putting DEF into loader when it splashed into eyes.

EE was using a utility knife to trim a hole in a piece of rubber belting. The EE was attempting to widen the hole to hang the rubber, when the knife slipped, cutting the EE's hand causing a laceration to their left thumb.

Employee was walking down a set of steps 3 blocks high when one of the steps moved causing them to fall against the edge of a sump wall. Right shin contacted a rock causing a laceration which required 4 sutures. Employee worked next shift. EE didn't violate any rules or regulations and was wearing required PPE. Employee has training & experience in task.

The employee tripped over electrical wires that were being used to perform our annual grounding checks. The employee extended right hand to catch self from the fall which led to EE's right pinky finger contacting the grated flooring.

Employee was working on a product spout in silo 1A and attempted to manipulate the limit switch in order to make the spout go down. EE had the guard off of the electric motor and when EE reached in to manipulate the limit switch EE's left forearm had contacted the cooling fans on the rear of the motor. This laceration required 19 staples to close the wound

Emp. stepping down ladder from stacker underground and right knee popped, a few min. later emp. felt pain. Emp. had MRI on 7/26/21, working without restrictions. Emp. was ordered physical therapy visits on 8/5/21 and continues to work without restrictions.

IE was throwing crib ties up on a square set for a false roof and lost footing falling into a pile of rib rash. IE's hard hat came off before forehead came into contact with the rib rash. The action resulted in a laceration that required eight staples. IE was working on the mine conveyor belt that was locked out and the top belt was no more than waist high.

Employee was helping put together a belt take up unit in the 11L. As they were inserting a pin into an adjustment hole they inadvertently rested left ring finger into another adjustment hole. The structure moved suddenly and the tip of finger was pinched. Employee received stitches as a result. No lost time due to this incident.

While walking by a stone being split the individual swinging the sledge hammer struck off and debris hit the injured person in the chin area causing a laceration injury

Loose gravel on wash out platform contributed to poor footing.

EE was removing a bearing from a tail pully, and while striking the bearing race with a hammer, a tiny piece of fragmented steel came off, striking the EE just above the safety glasses in the eye brow. The fragmented piece embedded in the bone and had to be removed.

Piece of draw rock fell striking employee on right wrist causing a laceration resulting in 4 stitches.

Switching loaders w/another operator. The other operator got in the loader first - IE started down the ladder, lost EE's footing, tried to "catch self" with EE's left arm resulting in injury to the triceps muscle of the left arm.

The employee was in the process of removing a draw head coupling drop pin from a skid that was used to transport an auxiliary fan. As the tongue/draw bar was being removed it struck the crib block that the jack was on, causing the employee to catch left index finger on the pin causing a laceration.

Laceration to left wrist

Employee stated there was smoke at the Long Wall mule train and employee inhaled smoke when employee entered the area

Employee was assisting with ground control measures when a rock fell behind the employee. The employee ran from the area and tripped and fell.

Employee was shoveling material and strained a muscle in their lower back. Employee was treated and returned to work with no restrictions.

Employee finished measuring parts in high winds, removed safety glasses and cleaned face. Employee got a metal sliver in eye when cleaning face. Started to rust and had to be removed by doctor.

IE brushed the back of hand against a piece of metal where a sharp burr cut the back of the hand requiring stitches.

An employee smashed their left hand index finger.

Miner twisted ankle while walking across the drill pad.

The employee then reached to close a dredge man door, as the employee grabbed the handle to start pulling the employee's hand slipped off and the middle finger of the left hand swung over to the door frame and got caught between the door and the frame stop. The door impacted the middle finger tip at the stop causing a laceration.

Employee stated they were putting cable in the cable handler and felt a pain in right shoulder

A miner was lifting a 5-gallon bucket filled with approximately 35-40 lbs. of granule onto a pallet when they felt a strain in their lower right back. They later received medical treatment including prescription medication.

Employee was dragging an ANFO hose along the front of the heading and stumbled. As they regained balance, they strained lower back. Employee began physical therapy on 8/20/21 making this a reportable injury.

The injured miner pinched left little finger while closing small portable tool box resulting in laceration to the pad of left little finger. Skin Adhesive was used to hold the superficial wound closed.

Employee was struck in the mouth with a golf ball size rock that was thrown from the drum while employee was operating the shearer during cut-out at the tail. As a result, employee suffered a broken tooth. It did not involve any equipment or compliance issues. It also did not involve job skills, proficiency, training, PPE or protective devices.

Failure to remove stuck welding rod from push beam nut. Resulting in right foot puncture injury.

While on break a plant helper went to car to rest. A few minutes later while adjusting the car seat the employee accidentally discharged their firearm. This resulted in a hand injury due to a gun shot wound. Employee was terminated due to violation of Arepet gun policy which is mentioned in the employee safety handbook.

Employee was driving a diesel golf cart when it stopped suddenly causing them to hit their mouth on the steering wheel. EE had lacerations to mouth requiring stitches.

A rock was dislodge by a pickup causing it to fall into a crusher where miners were working. 1 miner was stuck on the head while wearing a hard hat. The miner was knocked unconscious. Miner received first aid for the incident, and returned to work.

EE was changing a tail pully bearing. EE was holding the shaft up with a bar while cleaning it for reassembly. When bar slipped off of the shaft and pinched left index finger between shaft and conv. frame.

Miner got brake cleaner spray in left eye, treated by a doctor and prescription provided.

Employee stood up and struck EE's head on a vertical bracing just below EE's hard hat resulting in a laceration between EE's eyebrows

Employee stated: slipped when EE stepped over the pan line, fell and felt a pain in their hamstring.

Employee was tightening bolts on expansion joint at the chiller pad. Ratchet slipped and struck employee on EE's right cheek.

Employee was washing out under the primary hopper, went to move and struck EE's head on the corner of the cooling fan knocking EE's hard hat off. As the employee was standing back up after picking up EE's hard hat, EE struck EE's unprotected head on the same cooling fan, resulting in a head laceration that required stitches.

Employee was operating torque gun to tighten bolts on # 2 filter and pinched EE's left index finger to the shell of the filter. Left index finger was lacerated and required stitches.

A contractor maintainer was using a 2-pound hammer. An approximately 1.3 cm wedge shaped shard of the hammer head separated causing projectiles that struck the maintainer through the face shield into the lower lip and chipping a tooth. A second shard struck the contractors right hand causing a laceration. The lip required sutures.

A cover on a breakerbox fell onto employee's middle finger. Employee got a cut.

Removing a PTO from a mobile piece of equipment using wrenches and screwdrivers. A piece of metal got behind the safety glasses and into EE's eyes.

Employee was helping move the roof bolter out of a cut and was handling the trailing cable. A piece of rock fell out of between the roof bolts contacting EE's right forearm causing a laceration that required stitches.

Installing control valve, lifting strap broke causing employee to catch hand between machine frame and control valve when it fell.

Ee was moving metal arm for mixer bolts into position to install bolts and spacer blocks. When ee went to move arm into position, ee bumped it and the arm slid, pinching ee's finger between the arm and spacer bar. Laceration was repaired with sutures and ee was released to full duty.

Two maintenance employees were working on No 5 air door to remove the two bottom sections that had been previously damaged. While removing the rollers the door unexpectedly fell impacting the employees right index finger causing a laceration. The employee was taken for medical attention and received several stitches in the right index finger.

The employee was using a handheld grinder with a cutting wheel to cut off a section of handrail, when the tool kicked back, striking EE in the lower leg, which resulted in a laceration that required stitches.

When removing metal bands from roof bolts, metal band lacerated employees right thumb requiring stitches. Employee returned to full duty after seeking medical attention.

Technician was threading conduit and the pipe being held slipped while tech was trying to clear some debris from threading area. It pinched tech's left index finger, tearing some skin off. Tech fainted, so an ambulance was called and tech was taken to the hospital. Tech received stitches in left index finger and was sent home.

Employee was grinding on material and a piece of debris went under face shield and safety glasses into right eye. Employee didn't initially know there was anything in the eye until the following day, employee had material removed from eye and received antibiotic drops. Employee returned to work for the next scheduled shift.

Miner was in the process of hanging screen at the start of bolting cycle, when a rock fell from the back striking the employee on the mouth area, resulting in a laceration above the upper lip requiring sutures to close the wound.

Employees were realigning the tracks on a CAT 235C excavator. As the operator jogged the machine forward, a small piece of metal broke of the sprocket and struck an employee in the right forearm.

While tapping a boss block the tap broke and punctured left hand. Thus needing 3 stitches.

Employee was carrying signs from newly installed porch to shed. Employee was walking down the handicap ramp vs the stairs while it was raining and slipped.

Employee's finger was caught between the lid and dust bin after emptying.

The employee was repairing a tire with a buffing tool, the tool slipped in EE's hand causing a laceration on EE's right hand along the pointer finger. The employee received stitches to close the laceration.

Employee was placing steel set leg when leg fell due to wet conditions scraping the arm as it went down

The injured set the bolter up to spot a bolt, about 25 feet outby the working face. As EE started drilling, a piece of rock measuring 12" x 5" x 3/4" thick, fell from the roof striking EE on the face and cutting EE above the lip and took 5 sutures to close.

The miner had worked 11 hours of EE's 12 shift and had been hydrating well with water and several Gatorade's and a Pedialyte during the day. The heat index that day was around 110 degrees F. It was a very busy day and was overcome with heat exhaustion at the end of EE's shift.

4 QC IW came down with symptoms of COVID-19 on 7-30-21 and all tested positive. It is unknown who they caught it from, but the employees worked in close proximity with one another while not wearing PPE. 1st day of work missed 8-2-21

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

The employee was working at our Northern plant, running a crushing plant, when the supervisor noticed that EE began acting a little off. Thinking it was heat related, supervisor ushered EE to the scale house to sit in the air conditioning. EE was given water, which EE proceeded to vomit up. EE was then taken to the hospital for evaluation.

Employee tested positive for COVID-19. After investigation it was determined on 8/04/2021 that this was a workplace exposure.

Standard threshold shift on annual hearing test. Retest validated the STS.

Employee tested positive for COVID-19. After investigation it was determined on 8/04/2021 that this was a workplace exposure.

Employee reported hands are falling asleep and elbows are hurting. EE continued to work until EE was taken off for surgery in June 2023.

EE was welding on #2 raw mill todd heater draft line when EE experienced heat exhaustion.

Around 10:15 AM employee was feeling light headed and nauseous while working with the blasting crew at the prill tanks.

Employee has a x-ray diagnosis of 1/0 for Occupational Pneumoconiosis.

Carpal tunnel from repetitive crawling, leading to surgery on 12/7/21

Received a hearing loss diagnosis for employee on 7/20/2021.

Employee was working at the 2250 level changing expansion joints. When they came back to the shop for lunch they began to show signs of heat stress.

Notification was received on 07/15/2021 that this retired employee has received a 10% award for Occupational Pneumoconiosis. This incident was caused by the employee's failure to wear appropriate respiratory protection during mining career. Employee did not violate any rules, regulations, or policies and has proper training. Employee retired on 5/28/2019.