American Mining & Manufacturing CorporationMining Incidents in 2005

While employees were getting instructions at shack, a rock app 3"" - 12"" thick and 2' x 3' long, fell striking 2 employees on their heads shoulders and backs.

Employee strained lower back while hanging miner cable.

Employee was changing out bearing on slope take-up and felt pain in his chest. Pulled muscle in chest.

Employee was getting off of step ladder and twisted his right knee when he turned to step away from the ladder.

Taking water line apart with a hammer. Swung hammer to remove line and missed causing right elbow to strike belt framing. Soft tissue and ligament damage.

Draw rock, 7 inches thick, tapering down to 1 inch thick 2 ft. wide, 4ft long broke at ATRS smashing left fingers, mainly index finger, against pot while employee was trying to get pinner still out of pot.

Employee was directing traffic on unit, when scoop dropped bucket on top of his foot. Scoop was sitting half way thru a curtain. Employee was on inby side of curtain and scoop operator was on outby side of curtain. Didn't know he had his foot around or under scoop bucket.

The brakes locked up on the #3 shuttle car causing the car to slide into the rib. The employee had his hand on hand rail and his hand was mashed into rib of coal. Cut little finger and ring finger, broke little finger.

EE was trying to move an empty pallet at #4 header. The pallet was stuck in mud and when he picked up on the pallet, he felt something pop in his right shoulder

Employee was loading a box of glue onto pinner and twisted his back causing pain in his back and right leg.

Employee was removing pin from splice hitting two hammers together when a small piece of the hammer head broke off and entered his left arm