Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining CompanyMining Incidents in 2013

Employee stopped work and reported to supervisor, employee was taken to clinic for evaluation and treatment. Employee was given stitches; RWC opened on 8-8-13.

Employee was walking from the back garage door on the decline slope and step on the edge of a 2"" hole and rolled his ankle resulting in a sprain. No days missed, restricted work only.

An equipment operator slipped after putting his chock block on a loader. Employee dislocated his right shoulder. No days missed, Restricted work only.

When employee stepped off of D-ring on jackleg, he twisted his ankle. No days away from work, restricted work only.

Employee twisted right knee upon exiting DUX concrete truck. No Days away from work, RWC only for Knee Sprain.

Pushing a bolt into a hole when control of the rock bolt was lost and the bolt slid out of the hole and stuck EE on the left side of face causing a laceration.

Employee was assisting a miner installing split-set bolts. The miner turned on the feed pressure to the pneumatic stopper leg to drive in a bolt. The bolt driver and the split-set were out of alignment and the driver caught on the edge of the bolt. The helper bumped the driver with his hand and the bolt driver went into the bolt, pinching the palm of his left hand.

Employee stepped back to observe ground conditions while assisting another miner who was bolting the roof with a jackleg drill. He tripped on the one inch jackleg air supply hose and fell backwards resulting in the back of his head striking the rib behind him. He received 2 lacerations to his scalp (treated with 17 staples) from a ground support plate installed in the lower rib.

A 966 loader was loading from a stockpile and struck a large rock that was buried beneath the stockpile. The impact injured the wrist of the operator.

After unloading concrete on to the maxi crete, employee was lifting up chute on concrete truck, and chute fell catching employee's thumb. No days away. Medical treatment only.