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Employee states that he and his bolt partner were backing the roof bolter out of the #5 entry. As he pulled up the cable slack back, the bolter turned and began to roll up the cable to the spool. The cable had a loop in it and as it tightened up, his foot was in the loop. This caused a fracture to his (L) ankle.

Employee states that he was installing a new bolt next to a bent bolt. His hand got caught between the pizza pan and plate of the new bolt and the bent one.

Employee states that while adjusting the leveling chain on the pot he had placed his (R) hand on the boom. His (R) middle finger got caught between short arm and pot arm. This caused a laceration to his (R) middle finger. Employee was wearing leather gloves at the time of the incident.

Employee was bolting #2 right, as he was placing a bolt in the hole he felt pain in his right shoulder.

Employee states that while grinding on a 777 cab, the grinder kicked back and struck his right hand.

Employee was operating a John Deere 850J dozer clearing brush when the dozer traveled onto a stump and fell off, causing him to strike his left shoulder against the inside of the dozer cab. The first day of work missed was 7/13/2012.

Man was installing a roof bolt after drilling the hole and got his pointer finger on his right hand caught between the wrench and the washer on the bolt, he missed the hole and put pressure on the bolt against the roof.

Employee was running the continuous miner, when he was struck above the right eye by a piece of metal. He went to the hospital where they removed the metal object. The metal was approximately 1/2" x 3/16" x 1/8". The cut required two stitches.

The employee was removing a wheel from a fuel truck with an impact wrench when the socket broke causing a piece of the socket to strike him in the abdomen. He treated the wound himself and continued working until May 30, 2011. On that date, he was admitted to the hospital with infection in the wound.

Employee states that he was bolting top in the #4 entry when the drill steel hung in the top. It came down and caught my finger between the steel and the pot.

Employee was putting up screen wire in our Main West travel road with a double boom roof bolter. He missed the hole when trying to insert the roof bolt and the bolt bent. He then accidentally hit his rotation, instead of the lowering lever, causing the bent bolt to swing around and hit his right wrist.

Employee states that as he engaged the drill pot on the bolter, his (R) hand glove was caught between the drill steel and pot and was twisted by the rotation, it removed the glove from his hand.

Employee states that while bolting top, the drill steel got stuck in the top. As he was attempting to remove the stuck steel, the wrench contacted his hand.

Employee states he was bolting the #30 wall entry, a bolt was not fully up. He attempted to bend the bolt over by using the drill pot on the roof bolter. As he was bending the bolt, his right index finger was caught between the moving parts on the canopy.

EE was putting a roof bolt in a trimed off corner of an intersection. He bent over to pick up the roof bolt after drilling his hole and felt a pain in his left shoulder and neck. He continued to work from the date of the accident until Monday, 10/19/09.

Backing the miner out of a cut, he stopped the miner to put a loop of a cable onto the tail, the cable strap was to short to reach the hook on the tail, he swung the tail over, smashing his right forearm between the coal rib and the miner tail.

Employee had put up outside bolt & was swinging in to put wide bolt up. Stab jack struck bolt lying on ground and spun it around and the pizza pan struck his nose, cutting it.

Employee was pushing bolt up in hole when the plate cocked sideways on the sissors. He reached up to straighten plate and hit the up lever before removing his hand pinching his thumb between plate and bolt.

Running 16 motor grader, took a hard bounce which resulted in air ride set bottom olut causing back pain. Note: Employee came back to work the next shift and worked til 3/5/09, left job & went to doctor.

He was hanging the bolter cable as the machine was moving around a corner, the cable hung on something and it jerked out of his hands.

Employee was tramming the miner out of #2 entry; he stated that he reached down to put a rope on the miner, looked up and the boom was coming at him.

EE was in W28 face installing roof bolt, after tightening bolt, let pot down on his right knee.

Making up bolt went to throw ahead of bolter. Bolt caught on a bolt hanging over side of bolter pushing pan into arm.

Injured was bringing drill steel out of hole when he bumped rotation button causing steel to come out and hit him on left arm.

Injured was loading bolts on bolter when one slid off and fouled in drill boom. Injured lowered boom causing bolt to strike him in the face.

Slid Dozer off end wall to the pit floor about 10'. He was offered transportation to a hospital, he refused. Then in Dec. 07 started complaining of shoulder and neck pain, said was caused from acccident in 3/07. He started missing work and had surgery on neck and shoulder on 3/10/08. This was reported to me on 3/25/08.

Employee was helping hang bolter cable the reel on the bolter was full of cables slack and became fouled the bolts was traming at this sametime as he were hanging the cable the cable got pulled down and struck ee in back op neck and knock-him to the ground.

We were pulling pump hose back into the N.E. boxcut using 1250 backhoe and nylon straps. I was between pump and 1250 bucket. The bucket accidentally swung into the pump, catching my left arm between pump and bucket, resulting in a fracture of the lower left arm.

After loading a unit train employee was leaving stockpile area using a Cat dozer. While coming along side #7E#8 feeders the coal gave way & the dozer went into the void & ended up on its top. Some clean coal had doors fouled from opening.

Tramming miner hit hole miner hit him and mashed against rib.

He was installing a bolt, the bolt head broke off and the plate and pan struck him on his left forearm and cut a 3" cut.

Injured was installing roof bolt who bolt hit crack in roof causing bolt to strike hand.

EE was standing behind bolter dropping trailing cable when bolter backed up to miss s/car cable, while doing so smashed EE foot between bumper and floor.

CAUGHT LIFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN ROOF BOLT AND PLATE AND TOP.

Injured was helping pump seals and had his hand on the pump. When the pump started an arm struck his hand.

INJURED WAS SETTING UP MINER TO MINE IN 4 LEFT AND WAS BACKING UP MINER WHEN HE SPLIT CATS CAUSING BO0M TO PIN INJURED BETWEEN BOOM AND RIB.

4Injured was installing 8' combination bolts when bolt struck and injured was reaching for bolt when it struck arm (left).

SET BOLT IN POT. WHEN PUTTING UP BOLT, GOT GLOVE CAUGHT ON ROTATING BOLT.

EE was operating roof bolter, while pushing roof bolt up with drill pot roof bolt bent and roof bolt plate struck ee in rt. forearm just below the elbow causing laceration.

Injured was drilling top when piece of steel broke hitting him in face above left eye.

WHILE CUTTING CROSS CUT FROM #2 TO #1, RIB OF #2 ROLLED OFF STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK.

Employee was using portable gas welder at plant. He reached in with right hand to pull throttle open. His hand got into fan blade resulting in fracture of index finger and lacerations requiring 18 stitches.

While installing roof a piece of thin shale rock fell out and struck him on left side of face.

Injured was installing rib bolt when piece of rock fell hitting him on back and neck.

Injured was roof bolting when piece of rock fell hitting drill pot then striking groin area.

INJURED WAS HELPING MINER OPERATOR WHEN HE TOOK HAT OFF TO SCRATCH HEAD. PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING HEAD.

STARTING ROOF BOLTER FROM OUTSIDE DECK SAID INCH TRAM LEVER WAS STUCK IN WHEN BOLTER STARTED. BOLTER STARTED TRAMMING PUSHING HIM INTO RIB.

INJURED WAS OPERATING MINER WITH REMOTE WHEN PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLT AND RIB, STRIKING INJURED ON BACK AND NECK.

A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM TOP HITTING ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR IN BACK

INJURED WAS REACHING FOR SUPPLIES WHILE ATRS WAS BEING LOWERED. A PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING BACK.