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Employee was swinging a sledge hammer, busting sand stone when he felt a pain in the groin area.
Employee's foot was caught between the mini-trac & the bantam duster.
Employee was hanging curtain when he felt pain in upper left shoulder.
Employee was cutting belt with belt knife toward himself when he cut himself requiring 5 stitches.
While Employee was bolting, slider roof cracked and a piece of rock fell out between bolts and hit him on his right arm then another one fell and hit his right leg.
Shuttle car was pulling away from continuous miner when employee's leg slipped under the shuttle car's frame and the shuttle car ran over his left leg.
Employee saw a slab of coal hanging on the rib. He got up to get a bar to pry it down, but the piece fell and fit him striking him on the ear requiring 4 stitches.
Roof bolter cable was smashed under the bolter. When employee was trying to remove it, the breaker was accidentally reset, causing an electrical burn to the employees arm.
While roof bolting the employee was changing the bit insert when a piece of rock fell from the roof striking him in the back.
EE was picking up 6' timbers and putting them in the scoop bucket and turned wrong. Did not miss any work until 7-5-08, making it reportable.
EE was bent down nailing a spad to hold down a curtain, when a rock fell from the roof and struck him, knocking him to the ground.
Lifting cable over his head
shoveling #3 entry at crosscut 17
Walking toward the power center stumbled on rock and fell, put arms down to catch himself and strained left shoulder.
Stepping up onto the top of the bucket of the scoop he felt a sensation in his left knee.
Employee stepped up on to the travel road and felt his knee pop.
Employee lost his footing and fell on his thumb. No fracture, but required a splint. No restrictions.
Employee felt wrist pain after shoveling out the portal canpoy (to be painted).
Employee's hand slipped off a wrench and impacted the bolter head, causing a cut. It was later discovered that a sliver of metal was embedded in his finger, which required removal and stitches on April 1, making this accident reportable at that time.
Employee was bolting. His tool pouch accidentally initiated rotation while his hand was still on the steel.
EE jammed his finger while passing rock dust bags at Xcut 13 between entries 7 & 8. This was not a reportable injury until he had surgery on his finger on 10/14/08.
*** Employee notified Office Personnel on 05/21/08 of his condition, he had worked and not went to the doctor underworkers comp until this time*****EE pulled groin area while trying to move and lift a hydraulic pump in XCut 3
Employee was using his foot to push on a wrench, when he felt pain in his calf.
Employee was struck on the hard hat while roof bolting.
Employee was hanging cable and felt a pain in his back. Employee received a full medical release and no treatment. However, employee went to a chiroprator on 2/20/2008 making this now medically reportable.
Miner operator was trimming bottom when he noticed small blue flames along a portion of the floor. Extinguished flames with water. NOTE: This report was filed electronically on Sunday 12/16/07 from an airport location while traveling, but in checking the records today there is no evidence it was ever received by MSHA, so it is therefore being refiled.
Continuous miner on MMU-002 was trimming bottom in 4 entry when an instantaneous ignition occurred. A large sandstone roll was present in the face.
A small instantaneous flash occurred when the miner was cutting in 2W entry face.
Employee appeared to momentarily lose conciousness when sitting in the lunch area. He was taken outside, where he refused medical attention. Work had not yet commenced. There was no injury.
Employee's nose was caught by a nylon cable hanger hook and was cut, requiring stitches.
The continuous miner began cutting the face of #5 entry when a significant sandstone roll was encountered on the initial sump. The miner head contacting the sandstone created a spark, which in turn caused an instantaneous flash, presumably due to methane.
Employee strained a pectoral muscle while lifting.
Miner operator accidentally lowered the head against sandstone chunk and created a spark leading to a small ignition. This is the second electronic filing for this incident. The original was filed July 31, 2007 but does not show up on the MSHA database.
Employee slipped and dislocated his finger.
Employee was making a cable splice, when the hammer/anvil in use, broke and sent a chip of steel into his finger.
Employee was helping remove a steel bar from a roll of belt. Employee lost his grip and caught his finger between the bar and a stationary object. This resulted in a laceration, requiring stitches.
Employee slipped while walking past a piece of parked equipment and jammed his thumb. Required a rigid support installed on the thumb.
Employee smashed finger replacing cover on continous miner, stitches were required.
Continous Miner was 10 feet into a cut when the operator backed up to trim roof. The sandstone roof created a spark that apparently ignited a small methane bleeder. No flash was observed, but a small air wave was felt. There were no injuries or damages.
Employee was operating a roof bolter, the wrench slipped out of the chuck, the bolt fell onto his arm causing a fracture.
Employee was roof bolting and a speck of material got into his eye.
Employee was moving a miner cable and pulled an abdominal muscle.
Employee developed a skin rash after getting into water on the section.
Employee caught his finger between a pipe and the mine roof.
The continuous miner was cutting in number 1 face when a small instantaneous flash occurred.
Employee was trimming a belt with a knife, cut his leg, and required stitches.
****Employee had not missed any work with this injury unitl the scheduled operation on 5/15/08, he was on vacation until 5/27/08 when he returned with a light duty release.***** Moving an electrical cable employee slipped and fell twisting his left knee.
Miner was cleaning up in the face of 8 entry when a small instantaneous flash occurred.
Employee was stacking crib blocks to block up the head of the continous miner. One of the cribs fell on his foot, resulting in a fracture.
The continuous miner was pushing cleanup matrial after completing a cut when a flame appeared at the miner head. There was no damage to personnel or equipment.