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The employee was operating a battery coal hauler. He trammed over a rock in the road bouncing him inside the cab. He sustained contusions to his ribs.
The employee was working on a battery coal hauler. As he was trying to find a hyd leak with his hand he had the hauler operator pressurize the hyd hose. Hyd fluid got in his thumb and had to be seen by a Dr. and put on meds.
the employee was operating a diesel scoop. He had his leg resting on a hot hyd hose in the cab and burnt his leg. He seen a Dr. on 9/2/2011 due to infection and was placed on restricted duty.
The employee was bent over hanging a check curtain. A battery powered scoop operator turned his machine in the same cross cut striking the employee with the bucket of the scoop. The employee finished the shift and reported to the doctor that night. He was placed on restricted duty due to swelling around his right hip.
The employee was hauling supplies down the slope with a getman tractor. He lost control and hit an arch. His head was thrown into the canopy causing a laceration to his head.
The employee was hauling coal with a battery operated coal hauler. As he was traveling down a haul road, he hit a hole in the mine floor causing him to strike the canopy of the hauler, straining his back.
The employee was running a continuous miner. He had positioned himself between a battery coal hauler and the rib. The Hauler slid over and smashed his hand.
The employee was assisting other miners who were advancing the section belt up during a non-producing shift. The miners were in the process of pulling a new piece of mining belt with a 3/8" wire rope and a battery powered scoop. The chain that was holding the wire rope broke causing the wire rope to sling back striking the employee in the hand.
The EE ran over a rock in the path of the battery coal hauler he was operating. This caused the EE to strike his head against the coal hauler canopy. The EE sustained a strain of a neck muscle.
The employee was involed in a battery hauler to battery hauler collision, A miscommunication put two haulers in the same place at the same time. The collision caused the injured employee to sustain neck muscles similar to whiplash.
EE received whiplash while operating a shuttle car.
The EE was hauling a skid of concrete blocks with the mini-trak. The load shifted, causing the plastic bands that secured the blocks to the skid break. One of the bands entered the operator's compartment, striking the EE across the left eye.
The employee was operating a battery scoop cleaning the faces of the working section. He drove the scoop across a hole in the mine floor causing him to become slightly air-borne in the operators compartment. The force sustained to his back upon impact caused a bulging disc in his back. An MRI was done and he has been referred to specialists for further medical attention.
EE WAS BYSTANDER TO UNIT POWER MOVE. COWORKERS WERE PULLING SLACK MINER CABLE WITH A BATTERY SCOOP. EE WAS GETTING A DRINK AT TOOL SLED. SCOOP OPERATOR WAS NOT SIGNALED TO STOP BEFORE PULLING DOWN THE SLACK CABLE WHICH WAS HUNG OUTBY THE POWER CENTER. WHEN CABLE & WATER LINE WERE PULLED DOWN THEY STRUCK EE IN THE HEAD & KNOCKED HIM TO GROUND. WENT TO HOSPITAL AS PRECAUTION.