Pinnacle Mine Coal

While walking through the shop, individual tripped over jack handle and fell onto right knee, treated for contusion to right knee.

Individual was helping guide the movement of 988 loader when the loader bucket contacted a roof jack that was lying on the ground. The roof jack flipped up and a section of the roof struck individual in the side of his hard hat causing a ruptured disc in neck.

The employee bent down to pick up and move the miner cable. He felt a sharp pain in his lower back and couldn't move.

Employee was finishing the repairs on the continuous miner. He lifted the cover to recover tools and/or parts. The cover slipped out of his right hand and fell onto his left hand. The cover smashed his left thumb causing a laceration and fracture. Employee sustained a fracture of his left thumb and required 5 stitches.

Coworker got Employee's attention & indicated that he had stuck a roof bolt. Employee hurried over to the left (cab) side of the bolter and tried to save it. He ran the head up while holding the roof bolt wrench. When the wrench came in contact with the bolt, because the resin had already set, the bolt/wrench kicked in against the jaws, pinching employee's finger.

The miner was taking a point in the pillar section. Top rock fell on the miner and interupted normal prodution for over an hour.

The Employee was attempting to bend a roofbolt to put in the roof, the bolt slipped forcing his hand into the bolting machine. this resulted in a broken bone, in his left hand, behind the ring finger.

The supervisor of the miner section found a roof fall that was above the anchor point of the roof bolts in an "ouby" area of the mine. The fall was approx. 15' wide, 30' long and approx. 4' high. The roof bolts used in this area were 42" mechanical that were installed 20+ years ago. The fall did NOT impede travel or ventilation.

The weekly examiner found a roof fall in the lower bleeder entry at approx. #60 x-cut. The fall is approx. 80 feet long, the width of the entry (19') and up to 6' high. The roof bolts in this area were installed 20+ years ago and are 42" mechanical. The roof fall impedes travel and prevents the weekly examination of the seals inby.

The employee was performing a pre-shift examination for the oncoming Graveyard shift. He was walking through the Last Open Crosscut between the #2 and #3 entries. A bounce occured which blew coal out and struck him in the face and shoulder.

The pre-shift examiner found a roof fall along the pillar extending from the main entry to 1st right (later falling to 2nd right). The fall extended above the 42 inch mechanical bolts. The area was timbered and dangered off.

DRIVING GEHL UNDER OVERCAST & HIT HEAD

LOST FOOTING ON SLICK FLOOR FALLING & TWISTED SHOULDER (LEFT)

PULLING CABLE OFF REEL OF MRS AND HURT LOWER BACK.

THE INJURED EE WAS INSTALLING A TRANSMISSION FROM AN ISUZU P.U. TRUCK LOCATED IN THE SURFACE SHOP. AS HE WAS LIFTING THE TRANSMISSION IN PLACE, IT SLIPPED AND FELL AND PINCHED HIS RT. HAND BET WEEN THE TRANSMISSION AND THE CONCRETE FLOOR. THE LITTLE FINGER OF THE RT. HAND RECEIVED A COMPOUND FRACTURE AND DISLOCATION. AS A RESULT OF THEINJURY FIRST JOINT OF LITTLE FINGER AMPUTATED.

A SHUTTLE CAR WAS BACKING AWAY FROM THE CONTINUOUS MINER. THE FRONT OF THE CAR HIT A ROCK THAT WAS LYING ON THE FLOOR. THE ROCK SLID INTO THE INJURED EE'S FOOT CAUSING LACERATIONS THAT REQUIRE D SUTURES.

A rock fell from the roof striking the victim's head. Employee is off work as of 03/01/04 due to this accident.

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING THE ROOF BOLTER INTO A NEWLY CUT FACE. HE PARKED THE BOLTER AND WAS CLIMBING OUT OF THE CAB WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS AND MATS STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD. HE COMPLETED THE SHIFT BUT WENT TO THE DOCTOR AFTER THE SHIFT AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A SPRAIN / STRAIN TO THE NECK.

INJURED WAS OPENING A MAN DOOR. HIS RIGHT HAND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE DOOR FRAME.

EE WAS WALKING TO THE MANTRIP AND HIT HIS HEAD INTO A 4" ALUMINUM PIPE CAUSING A LACERATION OF THE NOSE. THE CUT REQUIRED STITCHES.

EE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT DUE TO REOCCURRING DIFFICULITY IN BREATHING, EE STATED ON 9-25-95 THAT THE PHYSCICIAN ADVISED HIM TO APPLY FOR BLACK LUNG BENEFITS AND THAT HE WOULD NOT RELEASE HIM FOR WORK. WE ARE WAITING DOCUMENTATION FROM PHYSICIAN.

ROOF FALL IS APPROX. 20' X 30' 5'. 5' RESIN GROUTED ROOF BOLTS HAD BEEN INSTALLED DURING DEVELOPMENT. FALL WAS DISCOVERED ON 9-15-95 AT APPROX. 930 AM IN MIDDLE ENTRY OF THREE TAILGATE ENTRIES . THIS AREA HAD BEEN TRAVELED ON 9-12 BY WEEKLY EXAMINER LONGWALL FACE WAS APPROX. 400' IN ADVANCE OF AREA AREA WAS DANGERED OFF WITH BREAKER AN RED FLAGGING.

INJURED EMP WAS LOWERING A GUARD OVER A BELT DRIVE FLUID COUPLER AND HIS FINGER GOT CAUGHT UNDERTHE GUARD. THE TIP OF THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND WAS BROKEN.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE BEGAN TO FEEL PAIN IN HIS GROIN TOWARD THE END OF THE SHIFT.HE WENT TO THE DR'S OFFICE THE NEXT DAY.HE WAS DIAGNOSED TO HAVE A RUPTURED BLOOD VEIN IN THE SCROTUM.

EE WAS CLEANING UP SCRAP STEEL AT THE PINNACLE STORAGE YARD. AS HE WAS PALCING A PIECE OF STEEL IN THE STORAGE BIN, A SHARP EDGE ON THE STEEL CUT HIS RIGHT HAND. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND.

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS THE SECTION FOREMAN. HE HAD JUST WALKED TO THE TAILGATE OF THE LONGWALL & HAD TAKEN A REQUIRED METHANE TEST. AS HE WAS WALKING BACK DOWN THE FACE TOWARD TO SHEARER HIS FOO T SLIPPED OFF THE PONTOON OF SHIELD #128 & WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PONTOON & THE DA RAM RELAY BAR. THE SHIELD ADVANACED & CRUSHED THE TOES OF THE RIGHT FOOT.

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING A TIMBER AGAINST THE RIB COAL A LUMP OF COAL FELL & STRUCK HIS LEFT FOOT AT THE COMPLETION OF HIS WORKING SHIFT HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM A CUT ON THE FOOT REQUIRED SUTURES

THE INJURED EE WAS STANDING ON RIGHT SIDE OF ROOF BOLTING MACHINE OBSERVIGN THE BOLTING CYCLE A PIECE OF ROOF ROCK AND TOP COAL FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS AND SLID OFF THE ATRS OF THE MACHIN E AND STRUCK THE EE ON THE LEFT LEG.

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING NEAR CONTINUOUS MINER OBSERVING CUTTING CYCLE. RIB COAL, APPROX. 14' LONG BY 54" HIGH, FELL AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON LEFT LEG.

A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED DURING THE PRE-SHIFT EXAMINATION OF THE MAIN NORTH SECTION. THE FALL OCCURRED IN AN INTERSECTION IN THE 1ST LEFT RETURN ENTRY, 5 CROSS-CUTS FROM THE FACE. NO INJUR IES OR EQUIPMENT DAMAGE RESULTED FROM THE FALL. AREA WAS DANGERED OFF.

EMPLOYEE WAS STEERING A SCOOP THAT WAS BEING PULLED. THE SCOOP GOT DOWN AGAINST THE RIB, THE RIB TIPPED OVER ON THE CAB AND A PIECE FELL INSIDE THE CAB, THE OTHER END WAS AGAINST THE RIB CAUSI NG IT TO BE PUSHED INTO THE CAB WITH EMPLOYEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING IN THE MAIN NORTH SECTION. HE STARTED TO DRILL A ROOF BOLT HOLE WITH A DRILL STEEL AND APPLIED TOO MUCH PRESSURE, CAUSING THE DRILL STEEL TO BREAK. THE BROKEN STEEL C AME OUT OF THE CHUCK, CAUSING INJURY TO EMPLOYEE'S JAW.

A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND IN AN OUTBY INTERSECITON (NEAR SPAD STATION 4095) OF THE ABANDONED 1ST WEST SECTION DURING A MINE EXAMINATION. THIS AREA WAS PREVIOUSLY DANGERED OFF BECAUSE OF DETERIORA TING ROOF CONDITIONS AND WAS NOT IN ACITVE WORKINGS. NO ONE WORKED OR TRAVELED IN THIS AREA.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING CONTINUOUS MINR IN THE 4TH EAST SECTION PILLAR SPLIT. A PIECE OF ROCK AND COAL DROPPED BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS AND MATS, STRIKING HIM IN THE LOWER BACK. ADDITIONAL ROOF BOLTS AND MATS WERE INSTALLED IN THIS AREA PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT.

EE WAS CUTTING TIMBER IN THE BUCKET OF THE WAGNER SCOOP WITH A HYDRAULIC SAW. AS HE WAS SAWING THE TIMBER, THE TIMBER ROLLED AND THE SAW SLIPPED CUTTING HIS LEFT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT BY A TIMBER WHILE TRYING TO REACH FOR HIS MEASURING TAPE IN THE BUCKET OF THE SCOOP.

EMPLOYEE HAD SOME PLASTIC WATER PIPE CHAINED TO THE TOP OF A SCOOP WITH A CHAIN BINDER, WHEN HE WENT TO RELEASE THE BINDER, THE HANDLE SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF REBAR STEEL WITH A CUTTING TORCH. THE TORCHED POPPED AND BLEW SPARKS INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

EE WAS CUTTING A METAL BAND ON BUNDLE OF 2FT ROOF BOLTS. WHEN THE BAND CAME LOOSE, IT FLIPPED AND HIT THE EE ON THE BACK OF HIS HAND.

EMPLOYEE WALKED UNDER THE MAIN FRAME OF THE HYSTER FORK LIFT AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE FORK FRAME.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING REPLACE A HYDRAULIC JACK ON A ROOF BOLTER. AS THE JACK WAS BEING POSITIONED INTO PLACE BY HYDRAULIC POWER, HIS RIGHT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE JACK AND THE TOP OF THE AT RS BOOM FRAME.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A SPAD IN THE RIB TO HANG THE MINER CABLE.AFTER HE INSTALLED THE SPAD,THE RIN POPPED AND A PIECE OF COAL WENT INTO HIS EYE.

EE WAS ROOF BOLTING A FACE IN THE 2ND LEFT ENTRY 3 RD WEST SECTION. THE RIB POPPED AND A SMALL PIECE OF COAL HIT HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE. THE WORKED THE REST OF HIS SHIFT. ON THE FOLLOWING DAY EE STATED HE WOULD SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION. ON MARCH 16 HE STAED HE HAD SEEN A DR AND PLANNED TO SEEK A SEOCND MEDICAL OPINION. MARCH31, A PRESRIPTION WAS RECIVED FOR THIS INJURY FROM SECOND DR.

A FACE DRILL WAS USED TO DRILL INTO AN ADJACENT PILLARED AREA NO WATER WAS ENCOUNTERED AT THE HEIGHT OF THE DRILL H OLE SO IT WAS DETERMINED THAT NO HAZARD EXISTED CONTINUOUS MINER HOLED INTO THIS AREA THAT HAD BEEN PREDRILLED WATER FLOWED OUT OF THE FACE & INTO THE LOWEST ENTRY IN THE SECTION WHERE A PUMP & PIPE LINE HAD BEEN PREINSTALLED TO PUMP WATER WHICH WAS KNOWN TO EXIST IN

A RLOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN A NEUTRAL BELT OUTBY BELT ENTRY BY THE GRAVEYARD SHIFT.THE ROOF FALL MEASURED 20'X24' BY APPROX 5 FT. THE TIME OF THE FALL WAS UNKNOWN.

EE HURT HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING A SHUTTLE CAR TIRE ONTO A SERVICE TRUCK.

EE WAS DISCONNECTING A WELDER TRAILER FROM A JOHN DEERE TRACTOR. AS HE LIFTED AND SWUNG THE TRAILER OUT OF HIS WAY, HE ACCIDENTLY DROPPED THE TRAILER ON HIS LEFT FOOT.

EE WAS STOCKING ROOF BOLTING MACHINE WITH ROOF BOLT MATS. AS HE WAS HANDLING THE MATS AND BAND FROM THE MAT BJROKE, STRIKING EE S FINGER. THE EE WAS WEARING PROTECTIVE GLOVES AT THE TIME OF TH E INCIDENT.

EMPL MEASURING TIMBER,COAL RIB TIPPED OVER KNOCKING ANOTHER TIMBER OUT HITTING EMPL IN THE BACK AND LEFT SHOULDER.

ANOTHER EMPL CUTTING A TIMBER WITH HYDRAULIC SAW.EMPL WAS ASSISTING BY HOLDING THE END OF THE TIMBER WHICH WOULD BE DISCARDED.THE SAW ONLY MADE A PARTIAL CUT THROUGH THE TIMBER SO EMPL HOLDING THE TIMBER HIT THE ALMOST DISCARDED END.THE ENDOF THE TIMBER BROKE STRIKING IN THE MOUTH.

EMPL WAS INSTALLING BELT ROLLERS DURING EMPL WAS INSTALLING BELT ROLLERS DURING BELT MOVE. WHEN HE LIFTED ROLLER ONTO BELT CABLE HE STRAINED BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING SOME CRIB BLOCKS ONTO A MAINTENANCE TRUCK A PIECE OF ROCK WAS LAYING ON ONE OF THE CRIB BLOCKS AS THE EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT THE CRIB BLOCK THE ROCK SLIPPED STRIKING H IM IN THE RT THUMB

EMPL WAS BOLTING PILLAR SPLIT IN 2ND EAST SECTION, HE WALKED BACK TO CENTER OF MACHINE TO MAKE UP SOME ROOF BOLTS WHEN BOUNCE OCCURRED. LEFT LEG WAS COVERED UP BY COAL.

ROOF FALL OCCURRED INT HE LAST OPEN CROSSCUT OF THE 3RD WEST SECTION. THE ROOF FALL PARTICALLY COVERED THE ATR'S OF A TWIN BOOM ROOF BOLTER. AT THE TIME OF ROOF FALL, THE ROOF BOTLERS WERE INSTALLING SUPPLEMENTAL ROOF SUPPORT. THE ROOF FALL WAS APPROXIMATELY 6 1/2' HIGH.

EE WAS TENDING THE MINER CABLE IN A PILLAR SPLIT IN THE 2ND EAST SECTION. A BOUNCED OCCURRED AND A PIECE OF COAL STRUCK HIM IN THE SIDE OF THE HEAD.

EE JUMPED DOWN FROM A JOHN DEERE TRACTOR AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE WHEN HE LANDED.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT AN OVERCAST CONSTRUCTION SITE AS A ROOF BOLTER HELPER HE STEPPED ON A ROCK ON THE FLOOR & SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE

12-12-90, EE WAS PULLING A WATER HOSE THRU A MANDOOR AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE HAD NO COMPLICATIONS AT THAT TIME AND RECEIVED NO MEDICAL ATTENTION. ON FEB 18,1991 HE CAME TO WORK STATED T HAT HIS RIGHT KNEE WAS GIVING HIM TROUBLE SWELLING A TKNEE CAP AND HE WAS UNABLE TO WORK. EE WAS ABSENT THE FOLLOWING DAY SEEKING MEDICAL ATTENTION EXTENT OF INJURY IS UNKNOWN.

EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT INJURY ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT.THE DAY FOLLOWING THE INJURY THE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS LIFTING A TIMBER AND BELIEVED THAT HE AGGRAVATED AN INJURY TO HIS SHOULDE R WHICH HAPPENED ON AUGUST 23,1990.

EMPL WAS CHANGING BRAKE DISC ON SHUTTLE CAR. HE WAS PRYING DISC WITH SCALING BAR WHEN IT SLIPPED HITTING HIMSELF IN RIGHT ELBOW. EMPL CONTINUED TO WORK NEXT FEW HOURS & THEN ASKED TO BE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.

EMPL WAS ROOF BOLTING IN 2ND EAST PILLAR SECTION. AS HE WAS INSTALLING LAST ROW OF ROOF BOLTS IN IN FACE PIECE OF COAL FROM RIB STRUCK HIM ON BACK. EMPL DID NOT COMPLAIN OF ANY INJ AT THAT T IME. ON 20/29 EMPL CALLED MINE OFFICE REPORTING INJ COMPANY OFFICIAL & HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION.

EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING A PILLAR SPLIT IN THE 2ND LEFT SECTION HE WAS STRUCK BY COAL THAT FELL FROM THE RIB WHICH INJURED HIS EAR

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS RIB COAL FELL & STRUCK THE INJURED EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT ARM

TLIFTING DRILL STEEL OUT O F TRAY ON BOLTING MACHINE AS PULLED DRILL STEEL TO DRILL HEAD STRUCK SELF IN FACE WITH THE DRILL STEEL

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING LOOSE COAL WHEN THE RIB SLOUGHED AND COAL STRUCK HIS RIGHT FOOT.

INJURED EMPLOYEE HAD JSUT LIFTED A TIMBER ONTO HIS SHOULDER AND SLIPPED ON THE FLOOR. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO BRACE HIMSELF TO KEEP FROM FALLING, HE TWISTED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON #2 BELT DRIVE AT THE TIMEOF THE INCIDENT HE WAS JACKING UP BELT ROPES WITH A HI-LIFT JACK APPARENTLY THE JACK SLIPPED FROM ITS POSITION HITTING HIM IN THE HEAD JUST AB OVE THE RT EYE BROW

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A WATER LINE IN THE BELT ENTRY WITH OHTER CREW MEMBERS.AS HE WAS RAISING THE LINE,HE PUT HIS HEAD UNDER THE WATER LINE TO RAISE IT UP AND PULLED HIS NECK.

EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN RT SIDE OF PELVIS REGION HE INFORMED SECTION FOREMAN THAT HE THOUGHT SOMETHING HAD HIT HIM 30 MINUTRES EARLIER AFTER AN INVESTIGATION IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED WHAT OBJECT STRUCK THE INJURED EMPLOYEE

EMPLOYEE WAS JACKING UP A TAIL PIECE WITH A HIGH LIFT JACK. THE JACK SLIPPED CATCHING HIS HAND (RIGHT THUMB AND INDEX FINGER) BETWEEN THE TAIL PIECE AND THE JACK.

ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN A PILLAR SPLIT ADJACENT TO THE CAVE LINE IN THE 3RD NORTH PILLAR SECTION. THE ROOF FALL COVERED A CONTINUOUS MINERS CUTTER HEAD WHICH HAD BEEN MINING THE FIRST LIFT STUMP IN THE SPLIT. WHEN THE ROOF FELL, IT PUSHED THE REMAINDER OF THE STUMP OUT CAUSING THE CONTINUOUS MINER TO GET STUCK.

ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN A ENTRY ADJACENT TO THE CAVE LINE IN THE 3RD SOUTH PILLAR SECTION THE ROOF FALL COVERED A LEE NORSE TWIN BOOM BOLTER WHICH HAD BEEN PARKED IN THE ENTRY THE ROOF BOLTER WA S UNATTENDED AND NOT BEING OPERATED AT THE TIME OF THE FALL

EMPL WAS ROOF BOLTING ON A DOUBLE BOOM ROOF BOLTER IN THE 3RD SOUTH PILLAR SECTION A BOUNCE OCCURRED AND RIB A PIECE OF COAL 4'X 3'X 1 1/2' STRUCK HIM IN THE BACK PUSHING HIM INTO THE BOLTER F RAME

A SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR WAS TRAVELING ALONG AN ENTRY AND HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY WHEN THE SHUTTLE CAR HIT THE HOLE IT JARRED THE OPERATORS BACK

INJURY EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING CABLE BY HIMSELF HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

INJURY EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING ROLLERS FROM MUCKER BUCKET WHEN A ROLLER FELL ON HIS LEFT FOOT.

INJURY EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A TIMBER WHIKLE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING IT. THE EMPLOYEE MISSED THE TIMBER AND HIT HIM ON THE ARM.

INJURED STRUCK HIS RIGHT ELBOW AGAINST THE BOOM OF THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE.

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ON ROOF BOLTER AND PLACED HIS FOOT UNDER THE DRILL HEAD, WHICH PINCHED HIS LEFT FOOT AGAINST THE FLOOR.

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A CABLE INTO AN ENTRANCE BOX WHEN A WRENCH SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN THE FACE.

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING. COAL SLOUGHED FROM RIB AND PINNED HIM AGAINST THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE CONTROLS.

WHILE STARTING THE FEEDER BREAKER, A PIECE OF COAL SLOUGHED OFF AND HIT HIM IN THE KNEE.

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE SURFACE. WHILE CUTTING A LENGTH OF CONVEYOR BELT WITH A KNIFE HE CUT HIS LEFT HAND. THE INJURY REQUIRED SUTURES.

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ON ROOF BOLTER. HE PLACED HIS FOOT UNDER THE DRILL HEAD WHICH PINCHED HIS FOOT AGAINST THE FLOOR.

SLIPPED ON THE ICE ON HER WAY TO THE COMPANY VEHICLE.

THE INJURED PERSON WAS LOADING ROOF BOLT MATS ON THE SIDE OF A JOHN DEERE TRACTOR. SOME OF THE MATS WHICH HAD BEEN LOADED SLIPPED OFF THE SIDE OF THE TRACTOR AND CUT HIS LEG. THE CUT REQUIRE S. THE INJURY OCCURED DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE ROOF MATS WERER NOT YET SECURED TO THE TRACTOR BECAUSE THE INJURED WAS STILL LOADING MORE MATS ONTO THE TRACTOR.

EMP WAS CUTTING COAL WITH THE C/M WHEN A COAL BOUNCE OCCURRED WHICH PUSHED THE C/M BACKWARDS CAUSING THE OPERATOR TO STRIKE HIS HEAD ON THE CONTROLS IN THE CAB OF THE C/M

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING NEXT TO A SHUTTLE CAR WHICH WAS BEING LOADED IN THE WORKING FACE. THE SHUTTLE CAR PULLED AWAY FROM THE CONTINUOUS MINER AND A LUMP OF COAL FELL OUT OF THE CA R AND STRUCK THE INJURED EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT FOOT.