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Sitting in the maintenance office and cleaning EE's ear with a pocket screwdriver. The chair had wheels and EE went to lean back and felt like EE started to fall; EE's reaction to balance self caused EE to poke self in the eye with the screwdriver.
Maintenance mechanic operating DF 63 Fuel Truck was pinned under between the ground and rotor/caliper while jacking up the truck with a bottle jack.
While the employee was rigging & lifting a gang box/metal crate, the box/crate began to swing oddly and ended up pinching the employee's right hand & wrist between the wall & the box/crate. Employee ended up needing seven stitches and was put on restrictions.
Employee was using a slap hammer to remove a staple on LW shield and accidentally hit hand against hammer and shield causing injury.
Employee was using a bar to adjust a coupler on a trash car to secure it to a mantrip. As they were prying the couple up with the bar they felt a pain in groin area. The employee was seen by doctor on 3/20 and was diagnosed with hernia. Employee has currently missed no work and has worked without restrictions. Surgery is scheduled for 4/17 at which point it will be a LT.
EE was cutting a discarded piece of belt with a belt utility knife. EE was cutting away from self and snapped the blade off. A small piece of the broken blade was lodged in the belt and as EE's momentum and EE's right linear distal medium forearm was struck against causing a 2CM laceration.
Employee was cutting a belt when EE's hand slipped and EE cut EE's left pinky
The employee was using a chain ratchet (3-ton) to secure a tailpiece into the scoop bucket. As EE ratcheted it back the body of the ratchet twisted and the handle pinched EE's hand between it and the scoop bucket.
IE felt pop and pain in shoulder/neck area while using a sledge hammer to bust up a rock. Injury was occurred on 1/23/26, but IE worked unrestricted until they sought medical attention on 2/25/26.
Employee was trimming a piece of plastic when knife slipped resulting in a laceration to left index finger requiring five stitches.
Employee was cutting a plank for blocking rail when the bucksaw became stuck in a knot. Employee cut their hand after pulling the saw loose. Injury was not the result of a training or compliance issue.
While cutting outer jacket from heat tape cable, blade slipped from cable and knife contacted employee right upper thigh causing laceration.
EE was assisting with a motor change out in G5 longwall section, the EE was using a small pry bar hold back hose and cables through an access panel when right hand was caught between the shearer frame and bell housing once it broke free. The EE suffered a laceration which required 10 sutures and broken index finger.
Employee was cutting belt to take out slack to get thru door, belt shifted and knife slipped and accidentally struck employee in the leg area causing injury.
While cribbing track that was lifted with a jack, employee stepped over track to get a crib when the jack fell causing the rail to impact EE's left calf causing small abrasion and a broken fibula.
EE was cutting belt an inadvertently cut the side of their right hand resulting in (2) stitches.
While securing a load to the bed of a service truck with a ratchet strap the anchor point failed. the buckle from the strap struck the employee in the mouth damaging three teeth.
Employee was attempting to set a jack in the roof to secure a tailpiece during a belt move. The jack needed lowered for adjustment. When they set the jack down, the employee's hand was caught between the jack and the tailpiece. Injury was not the result of a training or compliance issue.
Employee was cutting up old belt to depose of it. While cutting the knife blade broke and slipped and cut into their left upper thigh. Employee received two stiches.
Employee was cutting a rope off of a tarp off of a handrail. They knelt down and on right knee and started to cut the ripe free and the wind was blowing and they slipped with the knife and cut into their left knee on the inner side above their knee. They received four stiches.
Employee was trimming excess belt from a splice with a utility knife. The employees utility knife slipped from the belt and cut the employee on the right thigh. Employee received three sutures.
Employee was running a come-along, EE thought the handle was locked in. When employee released the handle the tension brought handle back hitting employee in the safety glasses. Employee's safety glasses hit employee's eyebrow and cutting into the skin. Employee ended up getting 5 stitches.
Employee was swinging a sledgehammer to break up a rock on top of the miner in the 9 South Mains- Right section, while swinging the hammer EE's left ring finger was caught between the hammer handle and the miner frame. This event resulted in a cut requiring 16 sutures and a fracture to the tip of finger.
Employee was setting a vertical pin keeper on longwall face and using a horizontal pin to hit it in place. Employee accidentally hit left finger with the pin causing injury.
Employee was looping shield hoses and walking by another employee that was removing a staple using two hammers to pry out the staple. When striking hammer, a piece of metal from the hammer accidentally struck employee's arm causing injury.
Employee was working with a 30mil chain on the Crabapple slope bottom while hooking up supply cars. EE pinched right middle finger between the chain and the general car causing a laceration. EE was treated with 6 stitches and released for work. EE returned on next scheduled shift.
EE was replacing the pin on the scoop lift jack pin. EE leveraged the jack with a chain and slate bar and was going to check alignment. EE used the left middle finger when the jack fell catching their finger.