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The employee was operating the #2 Brookville locomotive on 41-butt intake along with another operator in #1 Brookville and a trip of cars. The locomotives lost control of the trip at approximately 47 break on the track going inby. At 58 break, the #2 Brookville struck the #1 913 scoop in the entry.

Employee was shoveling on EE's knees under the belt. The area under the belt/roller here was 12 inches. When pushing the shovel under the belt, the shovel came in contact with the bottom roller pulling the shovel and the employees left hand into the end of the roller.

Employee was operating the #1 MUV lube truck when EE was attempting to pull into a crosscut. When pulling in, the MUV went toward the rib. Employee stuck EE's arm out of the operators compartment touching EE's palm to the rib. In doing so, the MUV cab contacted the back of EE's left tricep, above elbow, causing a contusion.

Employee was operating the fork truck in the outside yard. As the employee was raising the forks up, with no load, the keeper and one of the mast chains broke causing the forks to drop to the ground. In doing so, something knocked the front windshield out, striking the employee in the head. What struck the employee is unknown. Employee received a laceration requiring 8 staples.

Employee was a passenger in the MUV mantrip when it accidentally bumped a rib causing injury to employees back area. Employee had the weekend off and released to full duty.

Employee was driving the #2 MUT (Mine Utility Truck). At 117 break F-Mains, the employee hit a hole in the mine roadway bouncing EE up off the seat, causing EE to hit head off the roof, jamming their neck. The employee continued to work until 2/8/2023 when EE went to the doctor and was taken off.

Employee was helping reload an arch top onto the scoop. The scoop operator misunderstood the direction the operator was given, causing the arch top to slide off, hitting the employee on the upper front part of left thigh.

While a beltman was cleaning debris from belt structure with a block hammer, the hammer slipped and was caught between the top belt and the belt roller. As the miner attempted to hold on to the hammer, their left arm was pulled into the belt/roller, resulting in an abrasion/contusion with 2 fractured finger tips.

Employee was sitting in MUV when it backed up and hit a rib board and then a plate hit employee on the bridge of nose causing a small injury.

EE just finished loading empty metal block skids on a rail flatcar and had placed a half of a hollow block on the car to get the forks out from under. EE brought the scoop back in to raise the skids to remove the blocks. EE reached in to remove the block and the skids slid off the forks smashing EE's rt. middle finger between the skid and block.

Employee was assisting in the retrieval of 7200 cable and got left hand caught between the edge of a diesel scoop bucket and a floor to roof jack. Employee received a laceration and a fracture to left index finger as a result of the accident.

EE was standing too close to a shuttle car trailing cable and was struck by the cable when the operator started the pump motor. EE received a laceration under bottom lip.

Employee was the passenger in a rubber tired mantrip traveling on a haul road. The mantrip collided with a motor causing injury to employee's leg.

Employee was struck in the head by a bottom stand that was lying in the haul road at 14-15 bk on 33 Butt intake. The stand flipped up and into the operator's deck of the scoop the employee was operating.

Employee received fractures to right pelvic area when the employee was caught between two pieces of rubber tired diesel equipment.

Employee was struck by a rib board and received a contusion to the left side of the chest, when the Rubber tired diesel mantrip that the employee was a passenger in turned too sharply while backing out of a crosscut causing the rib support (rib board) to come into the mantrip.

Employee lost balance while on a belt crossover and fell on the moving belt underneath the crossover. Employee was pulled under the bottom of the crossover by the moving belt.

Employee received a laceration to left middle and ring fingers and a fracture to left middle finger when the employee got hand caught between the canopy of the 913 scoop the employee was operating and a piece of vent tubing that was hanging low on one end.

Driver was going out loaded on the Private Road and met another truck coming in at turn #6 moved over to the right to far and got into slush on side of road and it pulled truck into guard rail and over the bank. Truck came to rest on right side.

Employee was positioned on a long/wall support pontoon to remove a relay bar bolt while the AFC panline was being dismantled/removed outby him. As the outby section of pan line was removed, it created a jarring motion of the pan line where the employee was working and struck the employees knee, causing pain/injury.

Employee reached in between a locomotive and a rail mounted supply car to align the couplings and got pinched between the locomotive and a pallet of concrete blocks that were sticking over the end of the supply car. As a result of such, the employee incurred two broken ribs.

Employee was operating a Scoop along the intake haul road, when the machine encountered a road way irregularity, which jarred the employee and caused him to strike his head on the machine canopy.

Employee was operating a scoop in the track entry, and while traveling out/by the machine contacted the terminated end of the track rail, causing an unexpected abrupt stop of the machine, and caused the employee to strike his head on the cab of the operators deck.

Employee was a passenger in a rubber tired man trip on the way out of the mine, when the front bumper of the man trip contacted the end of the track haulage rail and stopped abruptly, causing the employee to be forced backwards into the passengers seat.

Employee was riding in a Diesel mantrip exiting the Mine when the mantrip operator attempted to avoid some irregularities in the road way, and bounced into some tire ruts, causing the mantrip passengers to be jarred around.

Employee was tramming shuttle car from feeder to the continuous miner when he hit a bump in the roadway. The resulting jolt caused pain in his back. Employee sought medical treatment and was not released to return for his next scheduled shift. First day off work 03/30/2012

While tramming the shuttle car away from the feeder the car dropped into an offset in the haul road jolting the employee causing pain in the employees back and neck. The employee finished his shift but was unable to report for his next scheduled shift.

Employee was riding the mantrip underground when the rear tire of the mantrip unexpectedly dropped into a hole in the roadway. The employee was sitting in the rear of the mantrip and was bounced up off the seat and struck his head against the roof of the mantrip causing injury to his neck.

While operating shuttle car, operator felt pain in right arm after shuttle car hit a hole in roadway. Operator continued to work until 1/30/09 when he sought medical treatment for the pain. Pain was diagnosed as a repetitive strain injury. The operator uses his right arm to operate the steering on the shuttle car. First day off the job 2/2/09.

Person was pushing rock into longwall face conveyor after gob out occurred at headgate. While doing so he inadvertently fell into the face conveyor & was pulled under rock in the panline as conveyor was stopped. Injuries incl. lacerations to head & lower abdomen, fractures to pelvis, lt elbow & wrist, rt hand. Accident was investigated by MSHA WV & Mettiki officials.

Person was operating shuttle car; the car dropped into a hole in roadway causing operator to strike his head against canopy. Person went to doctor and released for work on 9/22/06. He worked 9/26 & 9/27. On 9/28 he reported off work, returned to doctor and is now off work pending diagnosis and treatment.

Employee was relocating acetylene bottle to storage rack and forks unforklift shifted causing but the to slide off forks. He smashed l thumb attempting to stop bottle from sliding.

PERSON WAS MANUALLY ADJUSTING FORKS ON OUTSIDE FORKLIFT AND FELT PAIN IN RIGHT LOWER BACK. PERSON WAS TREATED BY CHIROPRACTOR FOR THIS PAIN ON 1/23/06. Misc Mail--Started missing work 3/6/06.