Paw Paw 2: 812 MSHA citations Coal

An employee was riding on the passenger side of a rubber tire personnel carrier. The personnel carrier was traveling on the rail/track. The ride slipped off of the track. The passenger employee had right hand on the side and under the carrier. At this time, the passenger employee's right hand got caught between the frame of the ride and the rail.

A roof bolter operator reported at the end of EE's shift that EE's left shoulder was strained earlier in the shift while installing rope bolts. The employee performed EE's regular duties throughout the shift.

An owl shift utility worker was struck in the left arm by a piece of draw rock as EE attempted to drill a hole for bolt installation in the #3L crosscut. This resulted in three cuts to the left forearm that required 16 stitches.

An employee was preparing to bend down to help take a fender off of a shuttle car when EE noticed a pain in EE's left knee. At this time a final diagnosis has not been determined.

An employee received a cut on their right ring finger that required six stitches. EE was drilling a 10' hole to install a cable bolt. A piece of the drill steel fell out of the hole as EE was removing the steel and pinched the end of EE's finger.

An employee reported that they ran over a crib block in the #7 entry outby the #3 Section while operating a Lo-Trac. Employee reported that this caused them to bounce up off of the seat causing both numbness and cold feelings in their feet.

A Foreman had connected a chain ratchet to the #2 belt conveyor and a previously installed pillar rib bolt in order to pull the belt over in the track entry for clearance. After pulling the slack out of the ratchet, a piece of rock that the rib bolt was anchored in came loose and forced EE into the belt conveyor resulting in a broken right femur.

Two employees were carrying a roof bolter axle from the surface supply area into the motor barn. The injured employee laid their end of the axle on the fender of a personnel carrier. The axle fell off of the carrier and landed on the employee's left foot resulting in a broken left big toe.

The employee had just installed an inline filtration system into the main waterline along the 2A belt flight. When the system was pressurized, a piece of 4" flexible line that was connected to the system blew apart, and the aluminum quick connect coupling on the end of the line struck the employee on right hand, resulting in a laceration that required sutures.

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

An employee received burns to both forearms when the employee attempted to put a set of scoop batteries on charge. The cathead shorted.

An employee felt a sharp pain in their lower back while loading cans of hydraulic oil onto a small personnel carrier.

An contractor employee received cuts that required stitches to the right hand pointer and middle finger when EE's right hand was caught between a raised lid on the continuous miner and the mine roof. The contractor was attempting to troubleshoot to find if there were any leaks as another employee raised the miner head which caused the lid to raise up.

An employee was attempting to remove a ventilation stopping when a piece of rib that the stopping was supporting rolled onto the employee's left foot causing a bruise.

A roof fall above anchorage occurred on the active 001 MMU. The fall occurred in the intersection of the #2 heading four crosscuts on to the #3B Panel. The fall was dangered off with timbers and cribs. A 35C scoop was covered up by the fall.

The employee had crossed the belt to clean the #2A tailpiece. While walking toward the tailpiece, EE felt a "pop" in the right knee. Medical examinations revealed a torn anterior cruciate ligament that had been torn previously while playing high school football.

While observing the mining process, a dayshift section foreman was struck by a section of mine rib measuring 54" long by 25" wide and 6" to 9" thick.

A shuttle car operator was struck by a section of the rib while loading coal behind the continuous miner. The rib was knocked loose by the deck of the shuttle car that the miner was operating.

The employee was attempting to crawl from the #9 entry to the #10 entry through the bolted but uncleaned crosscut to work on tracking and communication. EE felt a pop in lower back resulting in a strain.

The employee was struck on the left leg by a section of mine roof while they were cleaning out the operator's deck of a shuttle car.

An employee fell to the ground while attempting to cross over the section belt as the group was conducting a power move. The fall resulted in a torn right meniscus.

The roof bolter started in a standing position at the inch tram location of the roof bolter. EE dropped down to both knees to re-position the roof bolter. When EE dropped down, EE twisted left ankle resulting in what was originally diagnosed as a sprained ankle.

The employee was working on the operator side of the roof bolter in the kneeling position. EE attempted to raise himself up by place a hand on top of the drill station canopy and lifting. The employee states that with the left hand on the canopy, the canopy slide moved and injured the middle finger on their left hand.