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Employee stated that he was operating the shuttle car on the #4 section when he hit a bump in the roadway and felt pain in his right side. He was diagnosed with a muscle strain and placed on restricted duty until 1/20/2015.
Employee stated that he was operating the 14-man battery powered mantrip on the #3 section. The mantrip went through a crosscut and ran into the beltline. This resulted in bruising and strains to the left leg.
Employee stated that he was operating the shuttle car on the #4 section. He was loaded and returning to the feeder to dump when he hit a bump in the roadway which caused him to be jarred into the canopy. This resulted in a strained neck and restricted work days.
Employee stated that he was operating the shuttle car on the #4 section. The shuttle car hit a bump in the roadway which caused the employee to be jarred into the canopy. This resulted in a strained neck and restricted work days.
Employee stated that on an unknown date and time he was operating a diesel mantrip when he hit a bump and bounced into the air. This caused him to pinch his left testicle between his leg and the seat of the mantrip. A medical diagnosis has not been received at this time. This incident became reportable on 5/22/14.
Employee stated that he was hauling supplies with the diesel scoop when a plaster bucket fell off of the scoop bucket, hit the roadway, and splashed up into his right eye.
The employee riding a man-trip to the outside accidentally extended his left arm beyond the seating compartment where is was caught between the man-trip and rib. The event resulted in cut/sutured injury.
The employee scooping ran over broken up bottom and jammed head into canopy. "As requested by MSHA, The information is being submitted by Brody Mining, LLC as a result of a Part 50 audit for PPOV".
Upon an investigation the employee was observing the belt up-hold roller alignment when he contacted the bottom moving conveyor that caused his right hand/fingers to be caught between the bottom belt and the hold-up roller near the v-scrapper.
The employee reported he had been experiencing pain in his lower back riding mantrip (Diesel rubber tire). Medical received November 12, 2011 stated the image taken for the L/S spine was neg. for acute injury but stated there was lumbar levoscoliosis. He also suffer back injury 2009.
The employee complained of head, shoulder, neck complications on 10/05/2011 at the mine. Medical received at the mine on 10/12/2011 showed no acute abnormality, injuries, malalignment, bony abnormality or convincing evidence of same body parts but medical complications from past injuries and repeated trauma of same body parts.
The employee stated he bounced inside the operator's compartment and contact the seat with his tail bone causing an injury. The event has resulted in a lost time injury.
EE was riding in on mantrip, when mantrip ran over rock in haulway,EE stated he hit his head on canopy of mantrip and came down hard on tailbone.
The employee was operating #803 battery permissible 4-wheeler along East Mains roadway leading to EP's. The front tire contacted a rock in roadway causing the steering wheel to rotate suddenly contacting his right index finger causing a cut / sutured injury.
The employee was setting and seated in the rear of the diesel powered mantrip going underground to his section. The mantrip bounced causing the employee's head to contact the stationary handrail. The incident resulted in lost time injures.
Was moving rock dust around on scoop, twisted back.
The employee was driving 2-man 4-wheeler, striking a solid coal rib, causing the steering wheel to dislocate his third finger of the right hand. He is missing work and finger injury may require surgery.
The employee caught his right hand between a belt structure car and a scoop. He pulled the toe/coupling pin and released the safety chain when the car drifted forward without warning. The incident resulted in a lost time injury.
The employee was struck in the head and shoulder with a belt roller suspended with chain and roller bracket. The bracket bolt came out causing the roller to fall out under pressure from pulling 48" belt with shieve rope hooked to scoop.
The employee was operating a s/c and running the haulroad bouncing out of his seat contacting the canopy fixture with his head. The incident resulted in an injury to his neck, sprain, and the employee is losing work time.
The employee had an MRI 8/13/2008. Results were received on 8/20/2008 based on a incident occurring on 08/05/2008 when he bounced his head into the canopy of the S/C he was operating. The employee has protruding dics and is missing work.
Upon an investigation the employee dismounted/abandoned a moving manrip when returning to the portal ending his shift. A scoop blew a tire that erupted in smoke that caused panic and fear. The event resulted in a lost time accident.
The employee was working in unison with the scoop operator performing rock dusting procedures. The scoop was backing into the 12 x-cut right to pick-up some dust when the employee placed his person near the corner of the inby rib and his foot was caught between the rear scoop tire and mine floor.
The employee was in the process of installing/replacing a motor on a Fairchild Scoop when the replacement motor slid off the fork lift forks cauing a caught between accident. The employee, as a result of the event, has his right leg caught between the motor and scoop frame.
The employee was operating a scoop using the bucket to lower the dump wings. The wings dropped suddenly causing the scoop to tilt forward with rapid force. The operator struck his head against the inside canopy.
The employee was assisting blocking and setting the feeder on the belt tail piece/dumping point on section #2. The feeder shifted moving off the blocking and caught his leg between the mine floor and feeder frame.
The employee was tramming a scoop by the 301 charger station when the scoop canopy caught the sensor cable pulling it down and into the fire suppression canister, and the cable activated the dry CO2 extinguishing spray. The dry spray chemical contacted his mouth, nose and upper respiratory.
#5 Section #2 Heading. Upon investigation employee was dating up in #2 Heading when scoop driver came through the curtain and misjudged his turn into left break, catching employee with battery end of the scoop in some gob on left side of heading area.
Employee was tramming his shuttle car and went through a break hitting a parked scoop. He injured is left knee on the deck of the shuttle car. First Aid administered.