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While splicing a belt miner sustained a laceration requiring stitches.
Rib roll fall was discovered at 11:30pm by employees and reported to MSHA at 11:44pm.
EE injured his back while disengaging the implement release levers on the skid steer.
A body was found inside an abandoned refrigerator in a rural field. Incident was discovered by local law enforcement on leased property that is not owned by the mine operator and did not occur on the permitted boundaries of the mine site. Details of incident are provided by local news organizations. MSHA was contacted by operator at the time of discovery.
EE slipped and fell into the steps on his equipment
EE was prying with pry bar without using gloves
Underground facility, shop area. Nothing within the conditions contributed to this accident.
A brow fell and it was identified by employees during the shift. The fall damaged one side of a conveyor and discharge line for the pumps. No-one was injured and no-one was around when fall occurred.
While wearing the proper PPE required for the job, the employee developed a rash on his leg due to the friction of his boots on his skin (leg).
Original incident was reported to company on 4/16/2010 but not MSHA reportable/lost-time until 9/14/2010, thus the submission of the report. Incident occurred when climbing down from ladder when his foot/hand slipped off of handrail. Employee caught himself on safety chain on separate piece of equipment parked next to loader.
While entering office trailer, employee slipped, tripped and fell on steps leading into office trailer.
When the BTI powdertruck was parked at the end of the shift, a small spark was seen by 2 employees under the operator's seat. All employees evacuated the mine and the equipment operators reacted by extinguishing the flame with 2 fire extinguishers. MSHA was called and communicated to us to stay out of mine.
EE was helping two other employees tension cable bolts using a hydraulic tensioner. The cable was bent and had bound inside the tensioner. A 4 lb hammer was being used to the knock down on the top of the tensioner as EE pulled downward on the tensioner handles. On the 3rd or 4th hit, the hammer deflected off and struck the employees finger.
EE returning to loader for a load turning around a pillar while downshifting and drove through low spot causing wheel to jerk as he was turning causing left hand to separate and strike door frame of truck.
EE was holding onto aftermarket steering knob, when wheel jerk occurred, the force caused knob to roll over and become flat with steering wheel. As wheel came around, and with EE still holding onto knob, his left hand was smashed between knob and inside of door frame, breaking a bone above left pinky finger.
On the 29th of Sept employee was in a manlift with co-worker loading faces. Co-worker was running the controls as they were going up the face. As they neared the top the operator didn't take into consideration that injured is a little taller & on the high side. He raised the lift too high hitting injured's head and injuring his neck as a result.
EE was cleaning rooms when he was summoned by another ee at the North Face. He drove over & after arriving stopped the loader & shut off the engine & lights. He got out of the loader & walked approx. 75' to talk to other ee,discussion & getting paper towels out of the drill he walked back to the in the dark & when doing so he struck the loader bucket with his face.
Employee was loading anfo into one of the top holes of a heading being loaded. He was trying to insert the hose further into the hole by wiggiling it. While doing this the hose became caught. As he tried to free the hose he knocked a rock loose which fell and strugk his left forearm. The cut required stitches.
EE was loosening oil plug to do preventive maintenance on engine & when doing so, wrench slipped out of plug resulting in his hat coming off his head, out of reach. He proceeded to loosen drain plug to drain oil & after oil started draining he proceeded to crawl out from under loader when he raised up too early & hit his head on bottom of counterweight on back of loader.
Employee was scaling when a rock fell in front of the scaling machine. A piece of the rock came down the scaling arm and through the glass. He received a small cut on his leg from the glass. The cut required on stitch.
Employee was driving a Superior Bowen's (Contractor) water truck down the slope into mine and lost control, impacting a dome out (located at 2N- 0 E/W) at the bottom of slope resulting in ramping up of truck over and through to other side.
Employee was exiting his Toro piece of mobile and caught his left hand pointer finger in the door. The pinching action resulted in a laceration that required 7 stitches.
The employee was performing maintenance on pins that connect a tilt cylinder. The equipment shifted and pinched his left hand ring finger from the 2nd knuckle out.
Employee was using a prybar to move a heavy object when the prybar slipped and pinched his right thumb against a concrete wall directly behind him.
EE WAS HELPING LOAD A SHOT WHEN HE DROPPED THE MEASURING STICK INTO A DRILLED HOLE. HE REACHED DOWN INTO THE HOLE AND GOT HIS ARM STUCK. THE EE WAS GIVEN AN IV FOR POSSIBLE FLUID LOSS.
Employee moved a large amount of sample bags during the day. The employee was lifting full buckets of stone all day long onto his scales. The employee was given a prescription for muscle soreness.