American Energy CorporationMining Incidents in 2014

A fire was discovered at the hourly bath-house trailers, smoke was seen coming out of the roof vents by a worker. Fire was investigated and found in the ceiling area, fire dept. was called and fire was put out at approx. 4:00 pm. Trailer is a total loss and no injuries were involved. Cause, electrical short in the wiring. Compliance/rules, PPE, Mining equip/systems not a factor.

Employee was helping load supplies stepped off of supply car on uneven bottom and sprained his right ankle. PPE was not a factor, mining equipment was not a factor, mining systems was not a factor, compliance rules/regs was not a factor, miner proficiency may have been a factor.

The injured employee stated he was unloading roof bolts from a car when he slipped and fell off the car catching himself with his right arm causing pain to his right shoulder area.

While putting scoop on charge employee came into contact with a belt cross over in an adjacent xcut.The cross over came into contact with the seat bending it forward, cause of injury was employees lack of attention to his surrondings.PPE/mining systems was not a factor, mining equipment was a factor, compliance rules/regs was not a factor, miner proficiency may have been a factor

Miner operator was pinned between standoff cable handler of a continuous miner and coal rib in #1 entry of 5 west development section. Cause of incident was miner operator not paying attention. PPE was not a factor, compliance rules/regs was a factor, mining equipment/system was a factor, miner proficiency was a factor.

Employee was standing in the middle of the offside of roof bolter, during bolter reposition his foot was struck by the front tire. PPE was not a factor, mining equipment was not a factor, mining systems was not a factor, compliance rules/regs was not a factor, miner proficiency may have been a factor.

Employee was walking thru x-cut when he tripped and fell landing on his left side, accident occurred on 5/19/14 but didn't become a RLTA till 5/24/14. PPE was not a factor, mining equipment was not a factor, mining systems was not a factor, compliance rules/regs was not a factor, miner proficiency may have been a factor.

Employee was bolting in the face of 1 left, while installing inside bolt of first row the immediate mine roof fell with debris coming back toward the operator striking employee in the left lower leg. PPE was not a factor, mining equipment was not a factor, mining systems was not a factor/compliance rules/regs was not a factor, miner proficiency may have been a factor.

Employee was making a mechanical splice on belt, while swinging a 3lb hammer to drive required rivets he strain/sprained his shoulder. PPE was not a factor/ mining equipment was not a factor/ mining systems was not a factor, compliance rules/regs was not a factor, miner proficiency may have been a factor.

Employee was removing clip ties from track rail, while removing last clip tie track rail came together catching his left lower leg between the rail. PPE was not a factor/mining equipment was not a factor/mining systems was not a factor, compliance rules/regs was not a factor, miner proficiency may have been a factor.

Employee was loading a KPL motor when the D ring broke and struck the employee in the upper right thigh. PPE was not a factor, mining equipment was not a factor, mining systems was not a factor, compliance rules/regs was not a factor, miner proficiency may have been a factor.

Employee was running stage loader cable out of a wooden skid, the skid broke free striking the employee in the left knee. PPE was not a factor, mining equipment was not a factor, mining systems was not a factor, compliance rules/regs was not a factor, miner proficiency may be a factor.

Employee was removing a broken cutter shaft from the shearer; snap ring was removed causing hot oil to come into contact with the employees left cheek, hands, wrist and lower arms causing burns. PPE may be a factor, mining equipment/mining systems was not a factor, compliance rules/regs was not a factor, miner proficiency may be a factor.

Employee standing near #4 shield when a rock laying on the mine floor pinched his foot between the rock and the panline. Cause of the injury was the rock being near the movenment of the shield. PPE was not a factor/mining equip was not a factor/mining systems was not a factor, compliance rules/regs was not a factor, miner proficiency may be a factor.

Employee was using crib vertically to raise shield tip off of duckbill scoop when his left thumb was pinched. PPE was not a factor/mining equipment was not a factor/mining systems may have been a factor, compliance rules/regs was not a factor, miner proficiency was a factor.

Employee bent over to lift a battery cell and strained his back. Cause of injury improper lifting and not getting help. PPE was not a factor, mining equipment/systems was not a factor, compliance rules/regs was a factor, miner proficiency may have been a factor. This incident became reportable as of 02/11/2015 due to employee receiving physical therapy.

Employee was attempting to retract a tape measure when it slipped resulting in his finger being lacerated. Cause of the incident was the employee not paying attention. PPE was a factor, compliance rules/regs was not a factor, mining systems was not a factor, miner proficiency may have been a factor.

Employee was cutting a dust hose with a utility knife the knife slipped lacerating his thumb.Result of accident was employees lack of awarness. PPE was not a factor,mining systems was not a factor,compliance rules/regs was not a factor,miner proficiency may have been a factor.

Employee was bolting the face of #2 entry in 5 west development section when a piece of roof coal fell from the immediate mine roof striking him in the right ear. PPE was not a factor, Mining systems was not a factor, Compliance rules/regs was not a factor, Miner proficiency was a factor.

Employee was removing bolter wrench from drill chuck when a piece of rock fell from the immediate mine roof striking his hand. PPE was not a factor, Mining systems was not a factor, Compliance rules/regs was not a factor, Miner proficiency was a factor.

Employee was knelt down on mine floor placing spindle in belt splice when he lacerated his finger on a broken utility knife blade lying on mine floor. PPE was not a factor, mining systems was not a factor, compliance rules/regs was not a factor, miner proficiency may have been a factor.

Employee was attempting to reinstall an isolation block to the shield when it slipped from his hands striking him along the left side of his head. PPE was not a factor, mining equipment was not a factor, mining systems was not a factor, compliance rules/regs was not a factor, miner proficiency may have been a factor.

Employee was cutting rubber on bottom of airlock doors with a utility knife when the blade broke causing him to slip resulting in a laceration to the finger. PPE was not a factor, compliance rules/regs was not a factor, mining equipment was not a factor, mining systems was not a factor, miner proficiency may have been a factor.

Employee was cutting belt structure stands when a piece of metal got into his eye. Employee did not seek medical attention until 8/04/2014 where he then received eye drops. PPE was not a factor, mining systems was not a factor, compliance rules/regs was not a factor, miner proficiency may have been a factor.

Employee was removing a metal band from a lift of bacon straps, when the strap was cut it sprung back lacerating the employee's right forearm. PPE was not a factor, compliance rules/regs was not a factor, mining equipment was not a factor, mining systems was not a factor, miner proficiency may have been a factor.

He was kneeling on the pontoon of shield looking for bolts, heard warning for pan line push went to move foot slipped and was pinched. PPE was not a factor, Mining system s was not followed, compliance rules/regs was not a factor, miner proficiency was a factor.

Employee was searching for leaking hose on roof bolter during idle maintenance shift, while separating hoses he mistakenly grabbed the defective hose. PPE was not a factor, mining equipment was not a factor, mining systems was not a factor, compliance rules/regs was not a factor, miner proficiency may have been a factor.

Employee was observing others remove slack from belt take up when belt clamp came loose striking employee in the right side of the head. PPE was not a factor/ mining equipment was not a factor/ mining systems was not a factor/ compliance rules/regs was not a factor, miner proficiency may have been a factor.

Employee was removing belt structure when he felt a strain in his shoulder, employee was released to full duty w/o restrictions but will receive physical therapy. PPE was not a factor/mining equipment was not a factor/mining systems was not a factor, compliance rules/regs was not a factor, miner proficiency may have been a factor.

Employee was re-railing a track mounted supply car when a piece of wood became dislodged striking the employee in the safety glasses resulting in a small laceration above the right eye and abrasion on the bridge of the nose. PPE was not a factor/mining equipment/mining systems was not a factor, compliance rules/regs was not a factor, miner proficiency may be a factor.

Employee was watching cm operator cut down stone during stone work when a piece of small metal came off the cutter head striking employee in the right cheek. PPE was not a factor, mining equipment/mining systems was not a factor, compliance rules/regs was not a factor, miner proficiency may be a factor.

Employee was using a knife to make a S/C splice, knife slipped cutting his left thumb.PPE was not a factor, mining equipment/mining systems was not a factor, compliance rules/regs was not a factor, miner proficiency may be a factor.

Employee was using a come along to remove a piece of chain, come along was attached to screen, screen broke pinching his finger. PPE was not a factor/mining equipment/mining systems was not a factor, compliance rules/regs was not a factor,miner proficiency was a factor.