Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C.Mining Incidents in 2024

ROOF FALL SUNSET MAINS PILLAR SECTION 6E 27-28XC.

roof fall in front of MRS in retreat section due to using 2 MRS plan.

Employee pulled on about 40ft of miner cable swinging it towards the rib with their right arm when they felt a ""pop"" in their right elbow and had discomfort. Suspected torn bicep.

Individual operating water wagon pulled into crosscut out of the way of traffic when a drill steel came through the floor striking right knee.

An accident occured and a miner tried to catch another miner who was falling. The miner has been on leave since the accident. The miner reported shoulder pain the following day and was diagnosed with a shoulder sprain several weeks later.

Riding in mantrip to work section hit a pothole bounced EE.

While using miner puller eyelet broke and came up and hit EE in the arm.

employee was operating left boom of the roof bolter when a piece of roof mesh they were placing on the ATRS slid over the front catching fingers of both hands against the machine.

EE WAS CUTTING FLAP ON BELT WITH RETRACTABLE KNIFE, CUT LEFT HAND NEAR BASE OF THUMB WHILE TRYING TO CUT BELT. SUSTAINED LACERATION TO HAND WITH TENDON INJURY.

ANOTHER EE HEARD PANEL SLIDE ACROSS OTHERS, LOOKED AROUND STOPPING AND SAW INJURED WORKER ON THE GROUND. EE RETURNED TO NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT, THEN SAW MD 3/13/24 FOR FOLLOW UP AND WAS PLACED OFF WORK FOR SYMPTOMS OF POSSIBLE HEAD INJURY.

Employee was removing a Kennedy panel from a stopping. As EE looked up to see what the top of the panel was caught on, a baseball size rock with sharp edges fell from the top striking EE in the face and lacerating EE's upper lip.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN A CLOGGED SPRAY NOZZLE AND WAS SPLASHED IN THE EYE BY WATER AND DIRT. EMPLOYEES EYE WAS FLUSHED AND TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE IT WAS CLEANED OUT BETTER AND EE WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION MEDICATED EYE OINTMENT.