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I.E. stated they were riding in a mantrip as a passenger, the driver hit a hole in the travel way causing the E.E. to hit their head on the canopy. I.E. has worked until 3/23/2026 until doctor took employee off work.
I.E. was hauling bolting materials up to the face to load bolters. While tramming, T-3 channel that they loaded on the scoop came loose and entered the cab striking them in their left shoulder.
I.E. stated the Bobcat that they were driving overheated, employee took radiator off machine. Hot anti-freeze burned their inner arm.
while operating a BELL 30T ARTICULATING haul truck, operator was exiting dump area with empty load and traveled at an angle to the muddy ruts on the dump. operator states that left front wheel went into rut, and jarred EE. later in the shift EE complained about soreness, refused medical attn at that time. finished EE's shift. The next day EE went to the E.R.
I.E. was waiting on a shuttle car to go by when a miner cable that was hanging above them was knocked down and hit them in the shoulder. I.E. continued to work until they were taken off for surgery on 10-15-2025.
I.E. was struck on the hand by a rock sliding off of the shuttle car.
I.E. stated I.E. was driving a Bobcat, when I.E. went over uneven ground it jarred I.E. hitting I.E.'s ribs on the lap bar. I.E. went to hospital for X-Ray with no broken bones.
The IE was washing the floor in the prep plant and walked under a conveyor belt. A bottom roller bracket failed at that time and the bottom roller fell, striking the IE.
IE was shoveling on the slope belt. IE took a break and put their hand against the top roller outer frame and their thumb on the roller that wasn't spinning. The belt got loaded with material and spun the segment causing IE's thumb to spin through it.
IE had just helped put the bobcat door back on at HG-16 belt line. IE stepped on to the mast of the bobcat and went to adjust their hard hat. While adjusting their hard hat. Their arm got caught between a bottom roller and the belt. IE was diagnosed with abrasions/burns and is waiting additional imaging.
IE was backing up a fletcher tractor into a crosscut. IE struck the rib and a piece of coal rolled out and hit EE's middle finger. IE was treated at the hospital the next day and was given a finger splint for EE's contusion.
IE just finished hooking up a storage unit component at HG-17 x-cut 5 and told the bobcat operator to move it across the road. When IE was walking out of the crosscut. A truck pulled up and stopped behind the bobcat. During this time frame the bobcat operator backed out and pinched IE between a truck door and the read end of the bobcat. Four fractures to the right hip.
I.E. stated hit a bump in the haul road while driving the shuttle car to/from the miner causing EE to hit head on the canopy of the shuttle car. I.E. went to the hospital with a muscle strain in the neck.
I.E. stated EE was hanging 6" pipe from a man basket, when the operator lowered the basket it rocked back smashing I.E. fingers between basket and mask.
IE was driving a tractor down the North mains travel road at crosscut 15. IE hit a bump and bounced towards the door latch area of the tractor. IE bumped EE's chin and ended up with a cut that required 4 sutures.
driving emu on beltline, got poked in eye by white wire
IE was helping use a turn table to unroll the belt. The belt got tangled so they used a foundry hook to pull the belt slack. When backing up the shield hauler the foundry hook broke the chain which allowed the foundry hook still attached to the winch rope to bounce over top of the operator's tire and hit IE in the knee. IE was taken off work 1/11/2023. Fracture and torn meniscus
IE was traveling from entry #2 to entry #1. IE was hugging the outby rib line since the miner cable was on the inby rib. When IE went to turn outby towards entry #1 towards the feeder. IE's shuttle car cab hit the rib where a 4 foot bolt/plate was attached to the rib. The plate broke off and hit IE in the check/neck area. IE received 7 sutures and a broken tooth.
I.E. stated they had cut the phone line for the R/A when I.E. moved the scoop outby they went to move phone line out of their way sticking their left arm out of cab pinning the arm between cab and coal rib.
IE was driving down the HG-15 travel road in a tractor. At crosscut 119, IE hit a bump and jarred head into the top of the canopy. The IE was diagnosed with a brain concussion and cervical spinal cord concussion.
IE was hooking up a tow bar from the generator to the battery side of the scoop. IE tried to swing the tow bar to the scoop battery. The scoop operator bumped the steering controls while the IE was hooking up tow bar. IE suffered a fractured thumb.
IE was operating a shuttle car. The car struck the tail boom of the continuous miner when the CM was backing up at the face. The IE felt a pain in EE's neck.
EE was assisting with the installation of a pulley on the surface refuse belt. The pulley became bound up and a telehandler was being used to maneuver the pulley as to align the bolt holes. The pulley broke loose from the bolt that had been installed and shifted, striking the EE in the face.
Operating a scoop heading inby battery first hauling cribbing. Scraped rib hit a rib strap that came into operators cab. Hitting I.E. in the right foot.
IE was at the NEM Winch installation site when the NEM Belt was started. IE reached up to touch the bottom belt (for an undetermined reason). IE's right hand was pulled into the bottom roller and caught between the bottom belt and bottom roller. EE attempted to free self with EE's left hand and it too was pulled into the roller as well.
IE was working on the surface standing by a stack of drill rods watching the drill rig, a end-loader drove by the other end of the stack of drill rods and caught one of the drill rods spun the rod and struck IE in the back of the legs. IE x-rays were negative and is still under doctor care and receiving therapy.
IE was operating a skid steer on the refuse pile. IE was traveling from the plant to the refuse pile. The skid steer slid into a dozer rut and caused a jarring action injuring back.
IE was operating a mini trac to get a pallet of block. IE scooped up a loose cable bolt as well. The loose cable bolt end swung around and struck IE's left forearm. This caused a laceration requiring stitches.
Employee was standing on the DMU jack plate and the FCT was moving when the guarding on the sprocket car went over employee's foot.
IE was helping maintenance raise the headgate ranging arm into position to pin it into the shear. The AC shield hauler did not have enough lift to raise the ranging arm. Cribs were built on top of hauler forks. When the hauler raised the forks the cribs became unstable and popped out striking IE. IE received 3 sutures under the chin on the right side.
IE moved belt line car 1 crosscut inby. IE grazed opposite operator rib. Got out of car to check positioning. Turned wheels back to get off rib striking operator side rib. Hand was placed between two pieces of metal when rib was struck. Smashing middle and ring finger. IE returned to work and was than taken off work on 4/28/2021
a repairman was greasing the hopper on the FCT next to the landing on the DMU. The miner was backing up and the tail of the miner hit the hopper causing the hopper to move and pinched the repairman foot between the tire of the FCT and the railing of the DMU.
Employee was driving company truck #69 heading to bottom. Driver and IE encountered rock dust for three crosscuts. Driver slowed down and went around examiner. Traveled half a crosscut before rear ending water car in travelway.
Employee was driving company truck #69 heading to bottom. Driver and IE encountered dust for three crosscuts. Driver slowed down and went around examiner. Traveled half a crosscut and rear ended water car.
A crib block fell off the top of a bobcat and struck the employee on the foot and ankle.
Employee was guiding a shield hauler in to pick up a re-lay bar on a shield. Employee told the hauler operator to "tilt down". After the hauler tilted down, the employee misplaced right foot, and it became mashed under the left fork of the hauler, fracturing right Big toe.
Mule was anchored at rear with a 3/4 inch 30 ton chain to a shield toe while attempting to pull a face side walker when chain broke coming through back of cab striking employee.
Shoveled along south mains belt line got EE's glove caught in roller and pinched EE's finger between belt and roller.
Injured employee dismounted a tractor to open a set manual equipment airlock doors. The tractor rolled forward pinning the IE between the tractor and the door.
Employee was riding in the back of a 12 man CCV on the way to bottom at the end of 3rd shift. EE was in the back of the ride, 1 seat behind the passenger seat. EE went to pull self up by grabbing the 1'' square bar that seperates the cab and the bed, and right pinky finger became lodged between the bars.
The outby crew was at the bottom of B slope starting to pull a shuttle car up the slope. When they started in the slope (on bottom) the canopy of the shuttle car struck the 4in Aqua airline, causing the airline to blow. A piece of Aqua line approx. 2ft long come into the cab of the car striking the employee in the right ribs causing a laceration.
Mantrip hit something causing it to go through the drain hole on the floor board fracturing employee's leg.
Employee was attempting to pull a man trip out the slope, releasing the brake on the man trip, man trip took off down the slope dragging EE, causing injuries to the right leg, chest, and jaw.
Injured employee was a passenger in a Dodge truck mantrip when it lost control and struck the left slope rib/steel set. The IE's left shin/knee contacted some metal causing a laceration which required 4-stitches.
I.E. was operating SandVick scoop hauling supplies to TG 2. Operator got left forearm in pinch point causing a fracture to both bones.
Injured employee was using a mini-trac to unload roof support cans from the material shaft cage. As EE was backing from the cage, a can contacted the stopper that holds cans within the cage. This caused the can to swing around the boom. A sharp edge on the can contacted EE's right arm causing a laceration that required stitches.
EE started down the slope and ee stated the ride started sliding. EE tried to control the ride with the brakes. When ee still didn't feel like ee had control engaged the E-Brake. EE then steered the ride to the solid side rib and struck an I-beam, this caused the ride to stop. EE had a laceration above left eye and the side of left wrist that received stitches.
Employee was tramming a scoop out by off the section that still had a flinger duster attached to the bucket with 2" ratchet straps. While tramming out by one of the straps broke and the metal hook from the strap came back and hit employee in the upper lip. This resulted in the employee receiving stitches.
Employee was operating a skidsteer when the cab became hung on some low hanging communication cords. The cab of the skidsteer tilted back and then fell contacting the employee's left foot causing a hairline fracture.
Employee was driving a diesel scoop & ran over a concrete block. When it jarred ee, it caused a crack in a back tooth on right side of mouth.