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The highwall miner has just been recommissioned to Little Pete's Branch and is being assembled. EE was tightening the bolts on the super beam at the front of the HWM with a 3/4" drive impact gun with a universal swivel extension. The extension failed and flew apart, pieces of it struck EE on the left side of EE's face causing injury to the left eye.
The T-Bar on the right rear track lifting cylinder broke causing the highwall miner to drop very fast and causing the operator to be jolted by the impact. The operator has a bruise on hip and a finger laceration. Operator was treated and released at a hospital.
Apprentice miner & certified welder, EE was helping repair the cutter head. EE lit the cutting torch, as EE laid the striker down EE's left hand passed in front of the lit torch causing a burn on the back of hand. EE was treated by onsite EMTs and finished the shift. On 7/18/19 the blister had broken and it was decided EE should be checked.
Employee was pulling pins during retraction. When the unlatching jacks raised the latched stuck causing the push beam to raise appx. 4 inches. When the latches came loose the beam slammed down.
EE was on the ground as a spotter while the highwall miner was being trammed forward to the next entry when a sliver of metal sheered off the track from between the track and roller and struck ee in the right forearm