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Employee is a Roof bolter operator on 2 Right Section, when they put a strap in place and rotated the bolt. The strap moved resulting in a cut to middle finger of right hand. The laceration was cleaned and closed with glue.
Employee was cleaning the threads on a bolt with a wire wheel when one of the wires came off and struck EE in the left eye. The employee was wearing safety glasses and fellow employees in the area confirmed the use of glasses.
A piece of drill steel fell from the roof drill hole striking employee on the little finger of left hand, palm side, causing a laceration that required stitches (4) to close the wound.
Employee, (Continuous Miner Operator) was found, by the shuttle car operator, pinned between the right rib and the right side of the continuous miner. Employee was backing the miner out of the #2 heading after a 10' cut. During this process employee was securing slack in the miner cable by placing a pull strap on a bit and bit lug on the cutter drum.
Employee was handling the roof bolter cable when the machine moved forward the cable caught EE's ring finger of EE's left hand. EE suffered a laceration that required 1 stitch to close and a finger nail was pulled off. Employee was wearing gloves at the time of the injury.
It was determined through a Part 50 Audit that this miner took a vacation day on 10/2/2018, that would have been reportable. We submit this in protest and to abate citation #9222848. Employee was using torches on a scoop bucket when a small piece of slag popped into left ear.
Drill steel came out of the hole, struck the drill boom then glanced into the employees face, causing a laceration to lower lip. Wound required stitches to close.
EE was using a one joint / two piece drill steel set to drill the mine roof, when having the top piece of the drill steel to fall out of the drilled hole striking the left digitus minimus finger.
Employee was struck in the eye by a nylon slack rope, that had became tensioned and breaking away.
The employee was tramming a continuous miner out of a pillar lift extraction, when the trailing cable caught left leg, resulting in the employee twisting knee.
Employee was operating a fletcher roof bolter when the swing jack came apart allowing the drill station to swing out striking the employee.
Employee was installing a roof bolt when he caught his thumb between the roof bolt plate and the mine roof.
Employee was tramming the continuous miner out of the No. 8 entry. He stopped the miner to hook up the cable slack rope, as he was moving away from the miner he started the miner up and the continuous miner slewed toward him causing him to be pushed against a timber.
Employee was removing the rub rail from the continuous miner. After removing the bolts, the rub rail fell off mashing employee's ring finger on right hand.
EE stated that while unloading a supply car off the boom truck, a chain slipped causing the car to shift and strike the employee.
Employee was operating roof bolter, he was setting canopy and pinched left hand requiring 2 stitches.
Employee was bolting top on the submains #4 heading when a piece of rock fell from the top hitting the canopy then the employee on the foot.
Employee was bending a 6 foot roof bolt. Bolt bent upwards and caught right ring finger between roof bolt and top.
EE was in the process of installing a 72" roof bolt. He was pushing the bolt in the hole when he accidentally hit the wrong lever and the bolt spun around, striking the ee on his left arm.
The remote control for the continuous miner would not function due to a weak battery. The employee placed the miner in "manual" to move it. When he started to tram the miner, it caught him between the miner and the rib.
MBC operator backed up from miner that was in #7 heading stopped MBC 8ft inby 6 to 7 brk. Didn't inform anyone that he was going to install cover on front of MBC. Miner operator backed up to intersection, swung miner around to go into 6 to 7 brk. struck operator on left shoulder.
Employee was using a hand held electric metal cutting saw to cut a piece of metal. The saw kicked back and struck employee on the upper leg.
Drill steel got hung in drill hole. Was pulling steel out of hole, with a lot of down force. Struck ring finger on left hand, between steel and drill head.
SECTION ELECTRICIAN WAS ADJUSTING HEAD ON ROOF BOLTER & BEING HELPED BY CO-WORKER. BOOM WAS RAISED & EE'S FINGERS ON HIS LT. HAND WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN ARM ON BOOM & FRAME OF MACHINE.