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Employee was standing approximately 10' to 12' feet from the rear crawler as the #65 High Wall Miner was being trammed to the next cut. When a 1" x 1/4" piece a metal believed to be from a roller on the crawler struck EE on the left arm requiring 3 stitches.
While removing a cutting edge. The employee was pushing a carriage nut back into the slot that keeps it from turning with left hand while the impact was still on the bolt, EE was attempting to pick up on the impact with right hand when inadvertently activated the impact causing the nut to rotate at a high rate speed resulting in a laceration to left middle finger.
Employee was straightening step on excavator. He had hooked a chain to bucket of the excavator and to the step and instructed the operator to put tension on the chain. As the operator applied tension the weld on the step broke loose allowing the step to strike the employee in the right leg resulting in a laceration requiring 7 stitches.
Highwall miner operator was setting jacks on the launch to prepare to mine. The left rear tower jack broke causing the launch to drop suddenly. EE hit his forehead on the computer screen.
Employee climbed up escapeway tubing in the glory hole about 100' to work on a gob switch. As he was descending through a 2'x2' door, the outside man started the #2 surface belt. The coal falling into the chute made air pressure slam the door shut on his right middle and ring finger. The tips of the fingers had to be amputated.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNHOOKING CATHEAD FROM ADDCAR. PUSHER JACK CAUGHT HIS FOOT & PULLED IT INTO THE ADDCAR BRUISING FOOT.
WAS CONSTRUCTING A 12 KV POWER LINE, USING DOZER WINCH TO PULL POLES TO LOCATION. INJURED EMPLOYEE GOT LEFT HAND PULLED UP IN WINCH ROLLERS AT DRUM CAUSING INJURY TO LEFT THUMB.