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The injured ee was re-arranging miner cable on the mine floor when he fell backwards onto his back. The ee continued to work; a few minutes later he stated he felt back pain. He was treated on the section and transported to the surface where an ambulance transported him to the local hospital.

The EE was unloading a leaf spring at the end of the track. The EE lost his footing and fell into the manbus-pinching his right hand between the spring and the manbus,resulting in injury to two of his fingers.

The ee stepped into a muddy spot, while removing his foot from the mud he experienced back pain. The ee finished his shift & worked the remainder of the week before seeking medical attention. This ee has had surgery to his back following a reportable incident in 2008. The doctors office informs SunCoke that "he will likely continue to have problems at work or not" (3/18/2013).

The ee was crossing the belt near #3 belt drive when he hurt his hand and arm. The ee received fractures to his left hand and left arm.

The ee was hauling loose material from a settling pond and stepped from the cab onto the dump bed steps to check the placement of material. The ee was standing on the 3rd step when the step collapsed. The ee was holding on to the top of the bed and did not fall to the ground, but did slip down and made contact with the broken step-resulting in a laceration to the leg.

The ee had traveled by scoop to T-Section intake to retrieve conveyor belt to supply a belt move on another section of the mine. The ee inserted a chain through the layers of belt that were on the mine floor & jumped across the belt to the opposite side. He felt a "pop" in his right knee resulting in pain & swelling to the knee.

A belt person uncoupled a 2" waterline on the off-side of the #7 main line belt. He placed the 20' joint of water line across the belt to the track side to reconnect the line. The injured ee slid across the belt & as he stood up his feet slipped on the muddy mine floor resulting in the ee falling & striking his right hip on the track side belt rail resulting in a bruised muscle.

A 3rd shift crew was assigned to advance the belt one break. They had trammed the feeder out of the way and were in the process of moving the feeder cable when an ee pulling the feeder cable received a shock from a damaged shuttle car cable laying on the muddy mine floor in the #4 crosscut. As a result of the shock the ee fell to the mine floor striking his back on 3 crib blocks.

EE was walking up steps to office door and failed to raise foot high enough for step resulting in the toe of his shoe catching the step causing him to fall onto the floor and into the door jam. Suffered minor abrasions to right leg and left cheek of face. No first aid was required.

The ee was in the process of moving a trash dumpster using an endloader at the Slate Creek Portal. He had dismounted the loader and was walking across the level surface area when he tripped and fell resulting in a fracture to his right ankle. He was taken to Clinch Valley Medical Center for treatment.

A shuttle car operator was installing a ventilation curtain in the #5 crosscut when her foot became stuck in the mud causing her to trip and twist her right knee. The ee reported the incident to her foreman & continued her regular duties. The EE continued to work her regular shift-until 5-2-12 when she went to the doctor & he told her to take off from work for the next 3 days.

The employee (contractor) was working with a belt mechanic installing skirts in the tailpiece at the T-1 belt drive on the #5 belt. The employee was crossing the conveyor belt at a crossover for additional supplies. As he exited the crossover his right foot slipped resulting in a twisted knee.

The section mechanic had completed repairing the water supply line to the continuous miner which was located in the #4 right crosscut. As he was traveling through the crosscut to the #5 heading to return his tools to a personnel carrier he tripped on a rock measuring 2.5 x 5 x 6 inches and injured his left knee area.

The security guard was performing a walk around patrol when a patch of snow covered ice collapsed under her foot. This created a hole 6 inches deep and 12 inches wide resulting in her falling and fracturing her right wrist.

Employee was walking from the No. 4 entry to the No. 3 Entry on the 001-0 section on a slight downhill grade. His right foot slipped and he fell on his left foot, fracturing his left lower leg and ankle.

EE was installing a replacement water line over the section tailpiece where the feeder dumps into the beltline. EE stepped off of the tailpiece when a shovel that was laying upright against the tailpiece caught his buttock and caused him to fall backwards. EE landed on the section booster pump and fixtures. EE was placed on restricted work duty on 10/22/09.

The employee had come out of the mine after working a couple of hours late. As he was traveling down an inclined walkway from the mine shop to the bath house, his foot slipped in some loose gravel.

THE EE STATED HE WAS PULLING LINE CURTAIN IN THE #3 HEADING ACROSS THE LAST OPEN CROSSCUT AFTER HE HAD BOLTED THE PLACE. AS HE WAS PULLING ON THE CURTAIN, HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED FROM UNDER HIM AND HE FELL BACKWARD ONTO HIS LEFT FOOT.

The ee was installing roof bolts in the 1st cut that had been taken out of the No. 3 left crosscut. As the ee began walking to the head of the bolter from the tram station, he stepped upon a step up in the mine floor. As he stepped upon the 4" step up his foot slipped off and the ee twisted and hyperextended his knee.

STARTED ACROSS TAILPIECE SLIPPED AND FELL TWISTED KNEE. #6 TAILPIECE AT #7 DRIVE.

2 OTHER MEN HELPING EMPLOYEE JACK TRAM UP TO GET BACK ON THE TRACK WEH JACK BAR SLIPPED OUT OF THE JACK CAUSING EE TO TRIP AND FALL BETWEEN TRACK & RIB & THAT'S WHEN HE PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS NECK.

EE HAD TURNED BELT OFF AT TAILPIECE, GOT UP ON TAILPIECE AND WAS GOING TO CROSS OVER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE STRATLED TAILPIECE HITTING HIM IN THE GROIN.

EE WAS HAULING ROCKDUST TO FACE ON UNIHAULER. ITGOT STUCK ON SLICK HILL. HE WENT TO THE BACK OF THE UNIHAULER TO GET ROCKDUST TO DRY UP HILL. HESLIPPED & FELL INTO SIDE OF UNIHAULER.