Lewis Creek Underground MineCoal

EE states: working on feeder, pulling on hydraulic hose and pulled lower back.

While reaching for a bolt a small piece of rock fell and cut left middle finger putting five stitches in it.

Loading supplies on roof bolter and went to put a box of glue on bolter and felt a sharp pain in his lower back. Finished his shift and went to doctor the next day. Doctor said he had a Lumbar strain. They give him light duty until he followed up with an ORTHOPEDIC surgeon.

installing cutter boom pin with sledge hammer and shard of metal came off pin and stuck in the right cheek

Employee was bending a roof bolt and felt pain in his right shoulder causing a strain/sprain to the shoulder.

Employee was loading some supplies underground and a small piece of draw rock fell and hit his left cheek causing a cut to the cheek. After work he went to the hospital, and got it cleaned out, they put 3 stitches in.

Roof Fall in the Third West Submain, in the last open cross-cut in # 8 entry on the #2 unit. The roof fall was about 18 feet wide and about 18 feet long and 7-8 foot high.

Employee was bolting in # 3 entry, went to drill his outside hole when a piece of draw rock fell and hit his right knee, resulting in a contusion on his right knee, doctor give him 2 days light duty.

EE was working on the miner with the mechanics and picked up a flex side for the miner off of the Diesel ride, he then walked about 8ft and put in the ram car bed and then got in the car and took it to the miner. He then felt pain in his lower back on the right side. It was about an hour after picking the flex side up that he felt the pain.

EE was tighten a ram car wheel with a 3/4 ratchet and socket and it slipped loose, slipped and hit his head on the edge of the ram car. He had to have stitches in his forehead above his right eye brow.

EE was working on putting in a head drive. He was on a ladder, went to climb down when he got to second step his foot slipped and he fell and strained his left knee.

Employee was cutting a piece of plastic conduit with a belt knife and slipped and cut right leg. He went to hospital and had to have seven stitches put in his leg. No lost time on this accident.

EE was working on miner panel, Panel slipped and fell and caught right index finger between panel and right knee causing him to cut right index finger. Had to have stitches in his finger.

Employee was unloading roof bolt supplies from a scoop bucket when a small piece of rock fell from the mine roof striking his right hand.

Employee was tramming a Ram Car back to the Continuous Miner. The Continuous Miner has just moved to a new location between crosscuts #7 and #8 entry when the Ram Car struck the tail of the miner causing his head to strike the canopy of the Ram Car.

Employee was roof bolting in the face area of 9 entry. As he was removing his drill steels from the roof bolt hole a piece of rock fell from the mine roof striking his hard hat causing the hard hat to cut the back of his head. He received three (3) small staples to the head. This did not become a Lost Time Accident until August 15, 2013.

Employee stated that he was cutting a high voltage guard, he said it was laying on his leg and the knife cut through the guard, cutting his leg

The employee had finished installing a row of bolts. He then got up to go back and make up some more pins, he fell on slick rock and twisted his knee.

Damaged pie pan, Employee did not notice and it was hanging down. The employee ran into it and cut above the left eye brow

Employee moving roof bolter from #1 entry to #2 entry after traveling over high spot on mine floor, struck his head on canopy causing pain to neck area.

Employee was tramming a roof bolter around the corner of a coal pillar into the #9 entry. As he was turning the bolter he had his left hand on the hand hold which is located underneath the canopy. The canopy cut into the corner of the coal rib causing the coal rib to strike his left hand severing his pinky finger.

The employee was roof bolting in the face area in #7 entry on the #1 unit when the suction stopped up on his side of the roof bolter. As he was cleaning it out using a small metal rod he accident struck the rotation lever causing the rod to strike his head resulting in a laceration. He received 12 small staples to the affected area of his head.

There was an unplanned roof fall in the intersection of spad no. 2+40 in the no. 4 Entry of the North Mains. The fall blocked the primary escape way and it measured approximately 19'in length, 19' in width and 10'high.