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Miner became caught between rubber tired personnel carrier and rib while machine was moving.
EE driving on site, fell asleep, hit guard rail, drove straight to Gate. Another EE was working gate. Area mgr & Ops. mgr. contacted. Area mgr. went on site. Ambulance called to check EE. EE did not want to go to hospital, changed mind, and decided to go; complaining of stomach pain. EE went hospital for evaluation. EE released with no restrictions on 10/28/2018.
Employee was helping pick up trash. The scoop operator dropped scoop bucket to mine floor. Employees foot was caught between the scoop bucket and the mine floor.
While traveling in a rail mounted mantrip, miner injured head when the mantrip struck a broken rail causing the machine to come to a sudden stop. Injury was a laceration requiring 6 staples.
While traveling in a rail mounted mantrip, miner injured back when the mantrip struck a broken rail causing the machine to come to a sudden stop.
Employee was raising low boy trailer deck by using the hydraulic levers located near the cab end of the trailer. A chain was hooked to the gooseneck of the trailer to secure it, the chain came under tension while adjusting deck causing clevis to break and struck employee in knee. Operator was notified of PT on 07/17/2019.
Employee was driving on Rt. 60 toward Montgomery area when the employee slowed to turn right into prep plant, employee got hit by the back / side area.
An employee was struck by 4" waterline that came out of scoop bucket causing a fracture to right lower leg. Surgery was required to repair the fracture.
In a dip on old #6 Belt Track, the employee was a passenger in the first of two man buses. As the first man bus went down the dip and was topping over, it flashed its lights for the second bus to proceed, when the first bus stalled out and rolled back down causing the second bus to hit it. This employee began missing work on 06/04/2019.
Started shift with backache. While driving truck, hit pot hole, made pain worse.
While unloading supply car underground, miner was standing near underground forklift. While working with the forklift one of the forks became fouled causing the fork to bounce up when it became free striking miner in the head.
Employee has been diagnosed with disorders (repeated trauma) involving employee's back. The operator is reporting this instance as a code 26.
Employee was driving mantrip, steering wheel jerked causing sprain to left hand
While dumping a load of coal on the stock pile, the employee felt the pile set down below EE's trucks rear wheels. EE dropped EE's bed with the full load of coal still in the bed. The truck then proceeded to set down and raise up on it's tail shoot. This caused the EE to be thrown sideways in the cab with a whiplash effect. The employee did not strike EE's head and was wearing
Employee stated was assisting others installing a track switch. EE was standing between rails when EE was struck by a drifting mantrip. EE finished shift and did not seek medical treatment at that time. EE later visited the ER and was given time off work.
Employee stated the shuttle car canopy contacted a curtain board breaking it in half. The inby end of the board sprung under the canopy and as the SC moved forward, it forced the board toward the employee. The end of the board struck the employee under the jaw causing a laceration. EE controlled bleeding and traveled outside. EE waived amb and drove to hosp where EE recv'd sutures.
Employee was tramming a supply motor around a curve, the motor derailed causing EE to bump chin on the dashboard of the motor. EE returned to work next scheduled shift and worked until pre-scheduled vacation of 8/21/2019 - 9/03/2019. This office was notified on 10/07/2019 that during this time EE had surgery on 8/21/2019 to correct TMJ, making this a reportable injury.
While operating scoop, a flyboard bolted to the mine roof, was caught by the scoop and pulled down and fell into the center section of the scoop. A hydraulic fitting was damaged and hydraulic fluid was sprayed into the miner's face and eyes.
Employee was welding from an aerial lift when the basket bounced from movement and caught their hand between the handrail and adjacent piece of structure.
Driver hit a pot hole on haul road. Impact caused the driver lower back pain.
Employee was injured when the #4 belt conveyor EE was crossing started suddenly, which caused EE to fall resulting in a dislocation to the little finger on left hand.
Employee was watching trailing cable slack on the #2 roof bolter as it was being trammed. A scoop, 1 break outby, unexpectedly caught the roof bolter trailing cable pulling the trailing cable and entangling the injured's foot in a loop of the trailing cable slack. Resulted in a fractured tibia of the left ankle/foot area.
Employee standing beside 988F loader holding grease hose on fitting, co-worker moved bucket causing right forearm to be caught in pinch point.
Miner was pulling a welding box with a scoop and a 3/8" chain. The chain hook broke and struck the miner on the left check. Resulted in a laceration with multiple sutures.
Employee was changing out supply cars at the rock dust switch, and put one in the straight and two in the switch and brought one back out. As the employee was attaching the safety chain, the car in the straight rolled back catching the employee's foot between the supply cars. The incident resulted in a laceration to left ankle requiring sutures to repair.
Employee observed a large rock going through the feeder that was going to contact the "dead-man" cable going across the feeder. EE attempted to hold the lever that is pulled into the e-stop to avoid the feeder from stopping, but the rock hit the cable & pulled the lever mashing EE's finger between the lever & the e-stop causing it to fracture the end of EE's little "pinky" finger.
Rock had fallen from the working face into the conveyor of the continuous miner and was then loaded into the shuttle car. The rock then fell off the shuttle car, striking the employee's left leg, causing fractures to the femur, tibia, and fibula.
Employee stated while riding a Mac8 to the section, the driver backed into and dislodged a timber which fell striking ee on the hardhat. EE did not loose consciousness, refused backboard and was transported to the surface by EMT with a cervical collar in place. EE was transported to hospital via ambulance and diagnosed with a concussion and given one week off per protocol.
While operating a scoop, employee ran over a wooden 4x4 causing neck and lower back to be jammed. Employee then twisted knee getting out of the scoop. Employee was taken to Dr. and received a full release with no restrictions. On 08/29/2017 employer received notes from WC that employee had received physical therapy.
The truck the injured employee was operating, was being loaded and dust came through the window that was rolled down halfway, and employee felt dust go into left eye.
Employee was loading a telehandler on a roll back when it slipped off jolting the employee in the cab. This resulted in small fracture to EE's upper shoulder.
EE was operating a scoop in preparation for construction of a permanent ventilation control in the #9 entry. While operating the scoop, a broken piece of ventilation control, known as a pogo stick entered the operator's deck of the scoop striking the EE in the face near EE's right eye. Causing a fracture to EE's nose and allowed debris to enter right eye resulting in a scratch.
Was crossing track while operating scoop to recover equipment, struck head on mine roof.
While operating shuttle car, employee was bounced around in the operator's deck causing neck to pop. Employee experienced pain in lower back and left arm.
Employee stated that after dumping load of coal on the feeder ee started back toward the miner. About 15 feet from the intersection inby the feeder the shuttle car breaker knocked causing the park brake to engage. The employee was thrown forward and in an attempt to brace self stiffened causing pain in lower back and down legs.
A 1990 Ford F-150 owned by the driver/mine employee and carrying one additional mine employee crashed when driver lost control after the truck's brakes failed. The employees' shift was over, they were leaving mine property, they were not performing any mine related work activities and the accident was not caused by mining conditions, activities, or equipment.
A 1990 Ford F-150 owned by the driver/mine employee and carrying one additional mine employee crashed when the driver lost control after the truck's brakes failed. The employees' shift was over, they were leaving mine property, they were not performing any mine related work activities and the accident was not caused by mining conditions, activities, or equipment.
Injured was tramming the #2 Scoop off the #1 Section when injured trammed machine over a rock on the operator's side forcing employee's head into the canopy and causing pain in mid to lower back.
Employee was standing at a storage insert looking at mine electrical cable. The employee was struck by a Johnson Industry Super track rubber tire personal carrier. This caused the employee to fall, resulting in a broken leg just above the right ankle.