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While operating hoist in automatic mode, the hoist stopped and the operator couldn't get the hoist to move.

Employee reached into bag machine to remove jam when the belt grabbed EE's glove and pulled it into the belt pulley. The injury occurred when the employee reacted by pulling EE's hand out.

While performing rope NDT, rope met retirement criteria.

The final stop switch on the Koepe faulted. Evacuation was canceled.

Lug to electrical contactor failed causing the production hoist to be unavailable.

Hoist dynamic brakes faulted causing the production hoist to be unavailable. Cancelled before evacuation was completed. Also, cancelled before the phone call to report ended.

Utility power outage caused the production hoist to be unavailable.

Electrical contactor failed causing the production hoist to be unavailable for operation.

Utility power outage caused hoist to be unavailable.

Inspection mode switch faulty causing the production hoist to be unavailable.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A ZIP TIE AND CUT ARM. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED 5 STAPLES

Underground mechanic was traversing from the continuous miner onto a 4 foot tall step ladder. The mechanic had EE's left foot on the top step and was placing EE's right foot on the next step. When EE put EE's weight on EEs right foot, the ladder shifted and EE fell approximately four feet to the ground, landing on EEs right shoulder. This injury resulted in a fractured collar bone.

Office cleaning contractor sat in their truck to take a break and was found approximately one hour later deceased. Originally, a report was submitted to MSHA on 11/20/2025.

While erecting the C-3 take-up structure two employees were holding up an 8'x 8' column to have 2 bolts installed by another employee on the ground when they lost their hold on the column. It fell over and struck a support beam that was laying on the ground causing the column to bounce up and the corner of the column hit the employee in the face as EE tried to move out of the way.

Employee was changing v-belts on hummer screen when the counterweight moved. The employee's glove was caught by the v-belt causing a finger to be pinched between the belt and the belt pulley.

The injured was putting the thimble on the new skip and noticed that it needed a couple more shims. While pushing the pin out, thumb entered the hole and was injured between the thimble and the draw bar.

Employee reported neck pain while using an LHD to clean up faces for drills and augers. Upon evaluation, the employee was diagnosed with a fracture. Work relatedness determination was made on 12/29/2025.

Electrical contactor failed causing the production hoist to be unavailable for operation.

Nopak valve for south gate failed causing the production hoist to be unavailable.

The miner climbed a ladder to work at approximately 7' from the ground (Foot to floor) and slipped. EE fell straight down taking an impact on EE's feet and injured EE's heel.

Skip came out of the guide in #3 shaft. we still had the other side of 3 shaft working and #4 shaft

Work deck contacting brackets causing the production hoist to be inoperable.

Material came loose from the North liner. Shutdown hoist to inspect shaft.

The dynamic brakes faulted out causing the production hoist to be inoperable. Found switch in hoist operators booth in automatic.

Loading 29IN face with #8 powder rig, employee was loading the top right corner of the face. The basket tilt cylinder rod snapped causing the basket to rotate forward freely 90 degrees. Employee fell into handrail causing a fracture of 4 ribs

Loading 29IN face with #8 powder rig, employee was loading the top right corner of the face. The basket tilt cylinder rod snapped causing the basket to rotate forward freely 90 degrees. causing a laceration on right knee

Production skip components failed causing the hoist to be unavailable for egress.

Electrical contactor failed on the production hoist causing the hoist to be inoperable.

The over travel switch malfunctioned causing the service hoist to be unavailable. EVAC was canceled.

Koepe lower cage position switch and cable shorted causing the Koepe to be inoperable.

Blown fuse caused the production hoist to be inoperable.

Tracking and arcing developed on the MMT-3 transformer, faulting the transformer phase to phase. The vacuum breaker at MMT-1 failed to open to disconnect power to the underground power system. Resulted in a fire on the Neutral Ground Resistor on MMT-1 and a failed 12.47kV cable in the mine.

Miner hit another miner with EE's fist fracturing EE's jaw

Employee was walking to job site, slipped on salt, injuring their left quadricep. Diagnosed with a tear of the left distal quadricep tendon.

Employee was getting off the vertical drill and slipped off the last rung of the entry ladder. Employee fell on employee's right side and arm. Employee was taken to the ER as a precautionary method and x-rays were negative for rib injury.

Removing drill motor when it fell on foot of the miner.

Hydraulic hoses on the ground made a slip trip and fall. After reviewing by doctor a torn Achilles tendon was found.

Twisted while working and strained back.

Blasted and gas hit AMS system and knocked out power. Around 4:30AM we found it was gas and not a malfunction on the AMS system.

Fire was found once machine killed and lost all power. Fire Suppression and Fire Extinguisher was not used from investigation with the size of the fire and mine was evacuated.

Power outage from storm causing hoist to be unavailable.

The employee was walking near the maintenance shop when EE tripped over a flume cover and fell to the ground. EE put hand down to catch self and felt pain in the left wrist almost immediately. EE had a wrist x-ray showing a strain.

A small fire occurred inside the compressor housing on AL2 powder rig. The fire was able to be extinguished at the time it occurred.

Shaft crew identified a gap between the Capel and skip attachment plates.

During a routine inspection, the shaft crew found three broken wires on the North rope.

Lost power from our electricity provider causing the production hoist to be unavailable. Evacuation canceled.

Employee was standing on a ladder replacing a rubber gasket on a condensate line when employee lost balance and fell to the ground. The ladder was being tended by another employee due to no tie-off anchors in the immediate area, per our ladder policy.

Lost power to a PLC on production hoist causing the production hoist to be inoperable.

Lost primary power to the site causing the production hoist to be inoperable. Initiated EVAC. During the EVAC the Koepe faulted for Lilly differential.

Miner operating a UTV too close behind a haul truck. The haul truck stopped and reversed direction. The bed of the truck struck the windshield and ROPS of the UTV. Miner injured right arm during the collision.