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Employee was stacking 60 inch top roller clusters on a pile when EE lost EE's grip on the roller and it fell out of EE's hand and smashed EE's right pinky finger. 5 sutures were required to close the wound.
While attempting to attach the fork attachment to the mounting plate on a Ghel skid steer in the 10th North Section, the forks fell off of the attachment mount and landed on employees left foot.
Employee was stacking used belt structure onto a flat bed trailer. The stack of rollers started to tip over and as the employee reached with right hand, a roller smashed right hand against the bed of the trailer resulting in a laceration to the hand which required stitches.
The employee was attempting to mount a PMCR bracket onto shield number 142 on the 9th North Longwall set-up face when the PMCR bracket slipped and smashed middle and ring finger on left hand, resulting in a laceration which required 2 stitches.
Employee was loading shield to shield cables and power supply boxes at the 8th North extraction face into a tub, when a power supply box slipped and smashed EE's left thumb.
The employee was moving water hoses out of the walkway along the 8th North Longwall monorail. Employee was on EE's knees and as EE reached up to grab ahold of a monorail dolly to pull self up, the dolly moved and smashed EE's left ring and middle fingers.
The employee was removing the bucket attachment from the Gehl Skid Steer, and when EE released the attachment keeper pin, the bucket fell off of the attachment plate and slid into the the right knee. Resulting in a contusion to EE's knee.
The contract miner was assisting another employee to hang a vent tube in the #4 entry in the 4th East Mains Section. As the two employees lifted the vent tube above their heads, they lost control of the vent tube and as the contract employee attempted to regain control of the vent tube EE strained EE's right shoulder.
While attempting to guide shield #8 up the hill, the employee was using a cap piece to extend the base steering ram cylinder and when pressure was applied, the cap piece broke and smashed the employees left ring finger requiring stitches.