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EE was assisting in pulling rocks off the miner when EE moved between the scoop bucket and rib. The miner operator then trammed the miner backwards, hitting the scoop bucket which then caught employee between the scoop and rib.
Employee was kneeling on a shield when EE advanced an adjacent shield in. As shield set it lodged EE's foot between the clevis and panline.
Employee was bolting in the #2 entry and just finished installing a bolt. Employee had a drill steel in right hand while dropping the head of the machine towards the mine floor. The drill steel that was resting on the employee's right foot became stuck under the pot of the machine and pushed the drill steel in through the top of the right foot.
While installing bolt in the #2 entry on the 2 Right Section, Employee was starting a bolt into the hole, whenever their body contacted the lever and pushed the bolt in the mast of the roof bolter. This pushed the employee's left hand into the mast, causing a laceration/tuft fracture to the middle finger. This resulted in 4 sutures to the injured finger.
Employee was roof bolting on the 14 headgate section, while spinning the roof bolt, employee retrieved a can of paint to paint the spinning plate and looked back at the other bolter operator, when the spinning plate hit the paint can causing it to rupture causing a laceration to EE's right arm.
The EE was operating a forklift to retrieve an I-Beam that was being lowered to the basement floor level of the prep plant processing building by a machining hoist. As the beam was lowered to the fork lift, the operator exited the equipment and attempted to guide the beam onto the forks. The load suddenly shifted, pinching right hand between the beam and fork.
Employee was falling a tree, the tree fell and contacted a limb that was on the ground. This limb then struck the employee in the left knee causing an MCL injury.
Employee had a piece of drill steel stuck in the chuck. The employee bent the drill steel in an attempt to assist in the removal of the steel. Employee accidentally hit rotation instead of down pressure, the steel spun around and struck the employee on left arm just above the wrist.
Employee was attempting to re-install a horizontal pin on the Longwall Face Conveyor. The ram advanced pushing the face conveyor out while the employee was installing the pin. The pan line caught the employee's right hand resulting in amputation of the first joint of the little finger and received a crushing injury to the ring finger that required surgery.
Employee was in the process of dropping shields and hanging mesh to the mesh hanger on the end of the shield. When the shield was lowered, a rock rolled off the side of the shield and struck employee on the left side of the left foot. The employee continued to work until 2/8/2020, when medical treatment revealed a fracture in the lower left tibia.
The sample crusher was plugged from the crusher to the head of the primary belt. The employee used a scraper to try to unplug crusher while it was still operating. The crusher segment hit the scraper causing it to come upward striking EE in the mouth and cutting EE's hand, resulting in laceration.
An electrician was investigating why the right side canopy on roof bolter would not lower; when the canopy dropped rapidly without warning. The canopy mast assembly did not drop when the hydraulic cylinder was lowered; it became stuck and then dropped. The canopy struck employee on the head causing laceration that required 3 sutures to close.
Employee was standing at #12 shield, when the jack setter advanced #12 shield from #13 shield, the employee's left foot was caught between the relay bar and the pontoon. This resulted in two fractured metatarsals and laceration to left foot.
EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF METAL WHILE REMOVING DEBRIS FROM THE MAGNET OF THE CLEAN COAL BELT LINE. BELT AND MAGNET WERE DE-ENERGIZED. EMPLOYEE COULDN'T HOLD METAL AND WANTED MAGNET BACK ON. ONCE POWER CAME ON THE METAL SMASHED EMPLOYEE'S THUMB.
Employee was using a small disc grinder and accidentally allowed the grinder to come in to contact with leg resulting in a cut that required six stitches to close.
Employee was bolting on the South Mains section, in the number 4 entry. Once the employee drilled the hole; he pushed the bolt to the top but the glue had already set up. The operator rotated the bolt, to try to mix resin, but the bolt snapped off and the 8"x8" plate fell and struck the operator in the right forearm. The laceration took three sutures to close.
Employee was using grinding wheel to grind the corner off of a piece of metal. the metal slipped off grinding wheel, employee fell toward it and cut his left thumb. Employee was wearing gloves. Laceration of thumb required 4 stitches.
Employee was working near someone that was welding off to his left side. Later that evening his left eye began to hurt and he thought he may have gotten something in it, but turned out to be a flash burn and was given prescription eye drops.
Employee was struck by a muck bucket and injured hand.