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Tripped while replacing Rollers on plant
Changing bearing on screw/auger style washer. Auger was supported with crane. Bearing needed wedged free from auger. When bearing came loose, auger shifted pressing on left foot between auger and side wall of wash tub.
Due to cooler weather, plant having problems with belts, pulleys and material freezing up. Conveyor belt started tracking hard to south side. EE was looking at tail pulley for material build up and slipped, twisting EE's ankle.
Slipped on bulldozer track and hit knee off track while fueling up.
Employee was starting to run a bolt into the roof and a rock fell and hit their head. Employee has a laceration on the left side of the head from the rock pushing their mask into the side of their head
Pulling shot hose out of face - working on shot crew.
Co-workers just completed drilling holes in angle iron. Employee blew away metal shavings with their breath. Shaving went in their eye. Employee did have safety glasses on.
While repairing the head drive with safety glasses on, dirt and rust got in both eyes
Hauler driver of semi-dump unit dumping limestone onto ground at processing plant. Semi-dump unit rolled onto its side.
Assisted coworker lifting hoses 8/30. Noticed L side pain next morning. Went to ER 9/1. Diagnosed w/abdominal wall strain. No treatment. Continued to work until 9/12 when off for unrelated elective surgery. Contact foreman 9/27 that ee had surgery 9/26 for hematoma thought to be caused by strain.
Was moving the man lift basket. When it stopped, it came to rest against the handrail of the processing plant catwalk. This pinched the skin off at the tip of the finger.
On road tractor trailer driver was dumping the limestone from the quarry at the processing plant and the tractor trailer rolled 90 deg. on its side.
While trying to cut conveyor belt, employees hand slipped and utility knife cut hand requiring three stitches
Employee was helping with a concrete driveway pour. When EE stepped in wet concrete to spread it, the concrete raised higher then the boots, causing it to be in contact with EE's skin.
While attempting to lift a heavy plate to secure on the machine, the plate slipped of the machine and employee tried to catch it. This resulted in a strain to the lower back.
Sprained Right Ankle, under rock
The hill belt was overloaded. They were unaware that gearbox on south side did not have a backstop and disconnected gear box on north side of belt by unbolting turnbuckle from conveyor frame. Gearbox started rotating backwards and struck EE. EE had broken bones in left arm, dislocated left knee, contusions on left arm and left leg, internal bleeding, collapsed lung.
Twisted and sprained right ankle while walking slope
A roof fall occurred in the #3 entry approx 10ft inby the mine opening. The fall area was cleaned and re-supported. MSHA examined the area on 1/20/2015. No injury occurred. Escapeways and ventilation were not disturbed. Fall was approx 10'x15'x3' & 3 bolts dislodged.
Twisted back removing ventilation curtain.
Electrician was installing a pump in a sump located outside on the hill ramp leading to the pit. He slipped into the sump while installing the pump, caught himself on the cable to the pump, tearing muscles in chest area. Did not report accident till 9-2-14, after visits to hospital
laceration of right hand upper palm and pinky finger on sharp rock
Cleaning around the tail roller of a de-energized belt, the load on the belt shifted, causing the belt to turn. This action pinched his left arm between the roller and the belt. Injury was a broken left forearm.
A piece of loose rock fell striking the left hand and lacerating the tendons to the left ring and middle fingers.
Prying down loose roof rock, which fell on right foot. Thus severely bruising the right foot.
A shard of flew off of drill steel while roof bolting at the face, and stuck in ee right pointer finger. Reported it to his fellow bolter and removed it and continued to work every day till Friday the 14th., where he reported it as infected and sought medical attention.
While traveling from face to face while doing his normal maintence job, the miner caught his head on a roof bolt while driving on a man trip, spraining his neck. Miner waited to report the injury till 1-10-14, thinking it would heal over time, did not seek medical attention till that past week.
While clearing a rock jam out of the bridge dolly, a rock flipped back, on the back of the operator's right hand and broke two small bones in his right hand.
Employee was closing the door of the scaler with his right hand. He inadvertently closed the door on his left thumb. His thumb is broken in 5 places.
Scoop operator was hand shoveling along the rib at the face of the crosscut B-4 production hole on the return side, when a piece of roof approx. 15" wide, 4' long and 10" thick fell from the roof in between bolts and struck the operator on the right shoulder, dislocating his shoulder.
While bolting a face cut. The bolter operator was in the process of preparing to drill the hole for the inside bolt on his side of the bolter. When the bit touched the roof, a piece of roof rock 1-2" thick, 2' wide and 5' long fell from the roof. It hit the support arm of the ATRS and slid down it, hitting the bolter operator on the right side of his head, shoulder and chest.
Hauling in crib block down the intake slope. The crib block banded together sitting in the scoop bucket was cut by metal arch roof support. The top layers of the crib block were frozen together and slid into the operators lap. Attempting to protect himself he raised his forearm in defense and received a puncture wound to his right forearm requiring two stitches.
While installing a roof bolt plate, EE roof bolter rested his left hand on the drill head of the bolter. While raising the drill head he pinched his thumb between the bolter head and the roof bolt plate that he was installing, causing a laceration to his thumb.
Employee was in the man basket hanging 480 cable on roof bolts. He started to feel sore during the day. That night the pain got worse and the next day he went to a doctor.
Operator of a CAT 980G loader had just taken a bucket of coal from the stockpile, when the loader quit. He turned to check the problem and found a fire under the hood. He proceeded to fight the fire with other mine personnel helping. The local fire department was contacted and arrived on scene to finish fighting. No one was injured
Employee was cleaning under the lateral 2 head drive with a shovel when a clump of mud slid down and hit him in the knee. The mud caused a bruise on his knee. The injury is a sprained or bruised knee. He was given a brace and took 3 days off.
He was driving miner bits into the auger head of the miner, when something struck his left eye. He did not notice much discomfort and continued to work, even reporting to work the next day for his entire shift. Woke up the following day with discomfort and went to eye doctor. Tests found a sliver of metal in his left eye
While attempting to work loose a stuck drill steel in the roof, the drill steel became bound in the drill chuck with some side pressure. The drill steel snapped loose from the chuck striking the middle finger, lacerating the knuckle of his left hand.
Employee was cleaning and lubricating brake pedal on IT24 Cat Loader when a piece of rust became lodged in his right eye.
Piece of shale (sharp) fell between bolts and lacerated EE's left ear.
While attempting to replace a splice on the 3-Rt Conveyor Belt, employee was attempting to re-cut the belt for a new splice and when closing the belt cutter, he pulled his left hand back and caught his middle finger against the belt cutter blade, lacerating the tip of his finger, requiring 3 stitches
EE was bolting in the #2 cross cut from Entry 4-5 in the 2 Rt. Room off of 2 Rt. Submain when a rock fell aprox. 18" X 24" X 2" thick. As he turned away he twisted his right ankle and was struck by the rock. Accident was not reported to management until 5/17/11.
An employee was struck by a slab of rock that measured approximately 8 inches to 12 inches thick by 50 to 70 inches wide by 74 inches long. The roof fall occurred at the 34 Main between crosscut 1 North 4 and 1 North 5.
EE was checking the sight pole for an excavator operator. Some of the stone below his feet gave way and he fell into the ditch. He continued to work the rest of the day saying he was fine. He decided to go to the doctor on 4/22/2011. EE is part-time and any time off was not related to this injury.
Two workers were putting together 6" diameter yelomine pip. EE got his foot stuck in a strap, which caused him to trip, twist and fall on the ground. The resulting injury was a broken fibula in ee right leg.
EE was shoveling the rib in the 4-5 crosscut from #4 entry of the 1-Rt panel at Break #4 when a A-frame from the roof in between bolts (approx. 0-4" thk x 2' wd. x 3' lng.),fell, striking him in the back of the head and left shoulder.
Bolter operator was installing a roof bolt and felt a pain in his back as he straightened the roof bolt. Worked the rest of the shift with some discomfort.
While attempting to sledge a piece of steel into place, the sledge hammer head glanced off the piece of steel causing the handle to continue thru the swing and smashed his pointer finger between another piece of steel and the handle, causing a laceration.
Climbing off the DBT Crusher. Cut left middle finger on metal burr sticking up off the wing
Roof Fall - Intake slope entry, starting at the outby side of Break #5, approximately 28 feet long, 17 feet wide and 5 feet in height. No-one was injured and no equipment involved. Found at 7:37 am and reported to MSHA at 7:43 am. MSHA inspectors on site after reporting by phone.