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Employee was placing base lift back on the shield feet, when EE felt a strain in the neck and back. Employee did not start missing work until 5/18/2017.
Employee was picking up lid on PC 79 and smashed left hand causing laceration.
Employee was filling pod duster. Once pod was filled employee removed hose striking leg causing laceration.
Employee was recovering bad rams on the longwall face. One side of the ram shifted smashing right thumb.
Temporary mine employee was changing water coupler it came apart and struck employee's face. Restricted Duty.
Employee was stacking concrete block and smashed finger between two concrete blocks.
Employee was installing cribs and had a hole in one of employee's boots made contact with bed ash causing injury.
Employee was pulling floor pump pipe on C floor. Pipe became loose striking employee's left foot causing fracture. Restricted Duty.
Temporary mine employee while shoveling in the slope slipped reached out for belt structure not to fall and injured left thumb. Lost Time.
Temporary mine employee was carrying a concrete block and dropped it on left foot causing injury. Restricted Duty.
Employee was removing cover off rear of road grader and felt pain in right shoulder. The road grader was parked in the supply/air shaft area. Restricted Duty as of 12/27/2016. *Amended to lost time as of 1/12/2017. Employee has not returned to work.
Employee was working on the face of the 1A East Long Wall, pulling shield and right foot was struck by crib block causing contusion. Restricted Duty.
Employee was knocking out block from brattice and bent over to pick up block when a block fell from above striking the second and fourth digit on left hand causing fracture and laceration sutures required. Restricted as of 11/27/16.
Employee was struck by equipment doors upon removal. (As of 11/17/2016 Lost time).
Employee bent over handling cable and pulled something in back. Restricted duty as of 11/13/2016. compliance with rules and regulations was not a factor.
Employee was shoveling on plant feed belt & picked up big load of mud on shovel, when turned to put on belt strained back. Cause of injury to big of load & body positioning. Incident didn't involve any aspect of compliance with regulations/rules/PPE. Miner proficiency may have been a factor. Started missing work 10/28/2016.
Employee was hanging a piece of tin when a another piece of tin came loose and struck right wrist.(Medical treatment sutures required) Compliance with rules and regulations was not a factor.
Employee was lifting a 13 HP flyte pump when felt a pop in shoulder in left arm. Cause of injury wet & muddy conditions. Incident didn't involve any aspect of compliance with regulations/rules/PPE. Miner proficiency may have been a factor. Started missing work 10/27/2016.
Loading roof bolter with supplies. The utility person passed supplies with the other employee back towards EE. EE turn into the roof bolt causing laceration to EE's nose. **Restricted duty** sutures required.
Washing guarding at slope tail, coal loosened under guarding around tail roller dropping guard on left hand. Cause of injury, hand placement. Incident didn't involve any aspect of compliance with rules/regulations/PPE. Miner proficiency may have been a factor. This is a Contractor for DSC contracting.
Employee was loading I beams dropping one end of the I beam on left foot. Restricted Duty.
Employee was hanging miner cable when a piece of tie wire made contact with left eye. Restricted Duty.
Was moving fan spacer with another employee, put end on trailer & when helper put end down finger was caught between spacer & trailer. Cause of injury was communication with helper. Incident didn't involve any aspect of compliance with regulations/rules/PPE. Miner proficiency may have been a factor. Started missing 7/19/16
Was down in the #1 reclaim tunnel on the #4 feeder landing changing a nozzle on hose to a wand. Feeder broke free causing surge of material to pin against hand rail of the platform. Cause of injury material falling due to wet conditions. Incident didn't involve any aspect of compliance with regulations/rules/PPE. Miner proficiency may have been a factor. Started missing 7/8/16
Temporary mine employee while shoveling slope strained lower back. Lost Time.
Employee was shoveling in the slope. EE noticed back starting hurting. Cause of injury bad body positioning while on incline. Incident didn't involve any aspect of compliance with rules, regulation, & PPE. Miner proficiency may have been a factor. Started missing work 6/06/16. This is a DSC contractor.
Employee had placed hand on dust box door and a other employee shut door on EE's hand causing laceration to left hand. (Medical treatment sutures required) Compliance with rules and regulations was not a factor.
Employee was handling belt material and smashed right index finger on structure. (Medical treatment sutures required) Compliance with rules and regulation was not a factor.
Employee was picking up a nitrogen bottle to put in the 4 bucket of scoop for transport. Employee twisted & felt a stabbing & burning in stomach. Cause of injury was twisted body with heavy load. Incident didn't involve any aspect of compliance with rules, regulations, & PPE. Miner proficiency may be a factor. Started missing work 3/12/16
Employee was roof bolting and holding the roof bolt steel in the roof with one hand and the steel slipped out of hand and fell onto left index finger causing laceration. (Medical treatment sutures required) Compliance with rules and regulation was not a factor.
Employee was rearranging items on a pallet in preparation to send underground. The employee moved the pallet and was struck in the chest with a pallet board causing injury.
Employee opened the right side of equipment door. He turned to open the left side equipment door and the door that was open closed on his left ankle. Causing fracture to left ankle. (Restricted Duty) Compliance with rules and regulations was not a factor. Miners proficiency and job skills may been a factor.
Employee hand slipped off of shield canopy and struck a piece of tin laceration his right wrist resulting in 5 stitches.
Employee was changing a sieve on B-1 deslime screen when deflector slipped and pinned his right hand between the feed box.
Employee was going through man door with hand tools in both hands when he noticed the door was about to slam shut. He tried to stop it and got his finger caught between the door and the frame. He received 10 sutures.
Employee was hanging a belt roller when roller fell out smashing his hand. The employee had 5 sutures in palm of left hand.
Employee was wearing gloves pulling a loose crete plank off of an overcast. When the plank came off of the back end and hit the ground causing the end he was holding to smash his left fingers against a block that was on the rib. Laceration to left fingers and sutures. (Restricted Duty) Compliance with rules and regulations was not a factor.
Employee state he was using flight straps to uncover winch when his right middle finger became caught between the winch and the strap.
Employee smashed right pinky finger between shear drum and pipe while changing drums out on longwall shear. Medical Treatment.
Employee was handling material and turned around to load material causing laceration to his right Index finger on a piece of tin. Employee has sutures in right Index finger. Medical treatment. Compliance with rules and regulations was not a factor. Miners proficiency and job skills may have been a factor.
Employee was removing belt blocks after completion of a belt splice on the 2nd North East Submain belt. Employee moved the ratchet and the belt block struck employee on the right side of lower jaw.
Employee was working in the underground shop, assisting in picking up a transmission for PV57. Employee lost footing slipped injuring right shoulder. Lost time as of 1/28/2015.
Employee states he felt pain in groin area when he picked up a stack of bow tie plates while loading roof bolter. Lost time injury.
Employee was stacking rails on a rib corner and the rail slipped causing laceration to his right wrist. Had sutures in right wrist. Medical Treatment
Employee was Pushing up roof bolt with his arms and felt pain in right shoulder. Lost time as of 1/12/2015
Employee was assisting moving a prop tripped and the prop landed on employee's middle right finger causing a fracture. Lost time accident.
Employee got finger pinched between sprag post and tail drive when attempting to move sprag post and it slipped. Employee had sutures in right Index finger. Medical treatment.
Employee was cutting a piece of steel and a small piece of metal bounced in to left eye. Medical Treatment.
Employee was removing metal bands from T3 channel and the metal band cut employee's right arm. Medical Treatment.
Employee was using plaster sealant to seal brattice and some sealant flew back into his left eye. Medical Treatment