Manalapan Mining Company IncMining Incidents in 2009

EE was loading the powder truck while climbing down the steps he fell striking his right knee on one of the steps.

The injured EE stated that he was shoveling material from underneath the belt conveyor when he slipped and fell landing on a 4"" crib block. The crib block was under the foot of a piece of support structure.

The injured miner was pulling a 4/0 crawler from beltline to the section power center when he felt pain in his lower back. The miner also stated that he had been injured at a former employer that was still paying his medical bills on his back. The foreman should have asked for help when dragging the cable.

The employee was changing rollers out on a conveyor belt in the prep plant when the chain fell from the I beam letting the roller and the chain fall catching the injured persons left hand between the roller and the electrical box.

EE was cutting a ring off of bit on the drill and air blew thru it blowing hot grease on his face.

The injured employee was putting guard back on the No. 1 conveyor belt tail pulley and dropped the guard striking his little finger (pinky finger) on his left hand.

The injured person was removing a piece of rock out of a Long-Airdox bridge conveyor. When he let the rock fall, he didn't move his right foot out of the way letting the rock fall on his right foot.

The injured employee stated while he was moving a 18 hp water pump with a dolly the pump fell off the dolly striking him on his right foot.

While crawling on his knees, the injured employee stated that he felt pain in both knees and lower part of both legs.

The injured employee was putting roof bolts into the roof, water was dripping from the roof and got the injured wet. While holding onto the drill steel, he felt an electrical shock in his arms and chest.

The injured miner stated that he & 2 other miners were hanging a 6 inch discharge plastic water line. They had it hung 3 times & when they picked it up to hang the 4th time the other 3 hangers broke. The water line fell and hit him on the elbow on the left arm and bruised his arm and caused pain in his elbow.

The injured put his right hand on top of drill pot to retreive the drill steel from the roof and raised the boom instead of lowering it.