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March 22, 2016 IL · Coal longwall operator, chock operator, shear operator, plow operator POWERED HAULAGE
M-Class Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The injured employee went to talk to the scoop operator and put left hand on the side of the scoop bucket. EE didn't realize the scoop was running & the operator was pulling the ram back. It caught EE's left middle finger between the side of the bucket and the side of the ram blade which pinched EE's finger in it.

March 9, 2016 IL · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper POWERED HAULAGE
M-Class Mining LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee was hauling a load of trash out with a tractor. Employee hit a bump causing their head to strike the canopy of the tractor. This accident happened on 3/9/16. Employee just missed their first day of work due to the incident on 7/18/2016.

November 4, 2015 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Mach Mining LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee was a passenger in a moving mantrip. As the vehicle passed through an underpass, crossing under belt, a low hanging underpass guard struck the injured employee in the shoulder. Lost time accident as on 11/9/15.

August 11, 2015 IL · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
MaRyan Mining LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating a skid steer cleaning debris from the railroad loadout tracks. Bucket contacted a rail joint that had an elevated rail, causing the skid steer to come to an abrupt halt. This in turn caused the employee's hard hat to strike the windshield. The hard hat cut his forehead, and he required 9 sutures to close the wound.

March 20, 2015 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Mach Mining LLC · Struck by powered moving object

Injured employee was operating a tractor when his tractor got stuck. He called another operator to come and pull him. As the other tractor backed up the injured employee got out of his tractor and walked around to the front and knelt down to unhook the clevis on his tractor. While he was knelt down he was struck by the trailer on the 2nd tractor.

November 11, 2013 IL · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Patton Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While clearing himself from pathway of buggy cable, operator turned on buggy and the cable caught employees' leg and flipped him.

May 6, 2013 IL · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
M-Class Mining LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee was hauling a load of concrete blocks down the slope A with a fletcher tractor and trailer. As he turned at the bottom of slope A- he slid and hit the corner at the bottom of the slope A. He was taken to the hospital, he broke his femur bone on his left leg, they operated on his leg and put a pin in it. He is being released from the hospital today 5-10-13.

September 28, 2012 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
M-Class Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was running a bobcat and there was some cables hanging down in front of him and he tried to raise them up with his left hand and mashed his left hand between the bobcat and roof above him. We took him to the hospital and he had 2 pins put in his left hand.

July 26, 2012 IL · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
M-Class Mining LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee was running the bobcat and when he was getting back in the seat he hit his head on the front of the equipment jamming his neck.

April 27, 2012 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Mach Mining LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was shoveling the slope belt, smacked his shovel against a top roller to clean the mud from it. The belt caught the shovel causing it to flip over and strike him on the right forearm.

February 9, 2012 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Mach Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The injured contractor was standing by the air lock doors. The trailer on the truck coming through the doors caught the door & the tire of the trailer ran over the contractors ankle.

March 30, 2011 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
M-Class Mining LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working on the beltline in the tailgate section of M-Class mine when he was attempting to ascend belt structure. Employee suffered a dislocation of his left knee.

March 18, 2010 IL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
M-Class Mining LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee indicates that she was jostled while driving articulating truck causing injury to her neck and back. We were made aware of her injury when we received a fax from her attorney on 4/13/10. She did not inform her supervisor that she was injured.

February 10, 2010 IL · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Mach Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured was getting into surface truck; truck came out of gear pinching side of his leg.

January 29, 2010 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
M-Class Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was climbing on a scoop when it unexpectedly started moving. His leg/foot was caught in a chain that pulled it under the fender and wheel of the scoop.

September 15, 2009 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Mach Mining LLC · Rubbed or abraded

Loose conductor cord hanging from the bottom of a conveyor structure in the travelway causing it to catch a Lube Truck and the electrical conductor cord that was hooked to a welder tripped the employee, wrapped around his right leg and drug him down the travelway approx 50'.

September 15, 2009 IL · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Mach Mining LLC · Rubbed or abraded

Loose conductor cord hanging from the bottom of a conveyor structure in the travelway causing it to catch a Lube Truck and the electrical conductor cord that was hooked to a welder tripped the employee, wrapped around his left arm and drug him down the travelway approx 100'.

May 18, 2009 IL · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
M-Class Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Left arm hung in the belt tail. Broken humorous bone.

March 26, 2009 IL · Coal driller operator POWERED HAULAGE
M-Class Mining LLC · Struck by falling object

1" air line caught on bucket lifting pump into air. The pump slid off and fell 15' hitting employee on collar bone and right ankle. Collar bone is broken and ankle is bruised.

December 15, 2008 IL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
M-Class Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was trying to dump a load of rock. Rock was wet & frozen inside trailer. Hydraulic cylinder broke & trailer fell on cab of truck.

July 28, 2008 IL · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mach Mining LLC · Struck against a moving object

EE driving shuttle car to miner and ran into a dip and hit head on canopy of shuttle car.

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