Employee stated that while lifting a bag of rock dust, they felt a pain in their lower belly. Work location: Surface supply yard.
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Showing 50 of 128Employee was welding on a auger flight wen a small piece of metal got in EE's eye. Employee was wearing safety glasses at the time of the accident.
Employee stated on 5/6/25 to co-worker that EE had injured disk in EE's neck and back prior to coming to work for EDM No. 1 Mine. EE finished shift and talked to several people at the mine prior to leaving mine site. EE has not reported accident to management so time of accident and nature of injury has not been determined.
Employee was lying on employee's side changing a torque shaft on the continuous miner when a large rock slid off the miner and pinned employee between rock and frame of the miner.
Employee had installed a 3" discharge line on water pump. When pump was started, the discharge line came off striking employee in the face.
Employee was on EE's knees operating the continuous miner when a piece of draw rock measuring 2'x2'x2" fell striking employee on EE's left foot
When employee released the brake on the rail mantrip, the mantrip began to roll forward. Employee panicked and jumped off. EE slipped and struck EE's left shoulder on rib/brow.
Death on mine property - A security guard (employed by Squeeze Security) suffered a fatal heart attack while working at the surface area of an underground mine.
Employee was operating a scoop when the scoop slid sideways. The operator's deck on the scoop slid under a braw, the employee was pushed down in the operator's deck by the braw.
Employee was operating a shuttle car. While being loaded, a rock fowled in the discharge end of the continuous miner conveyor chain. When the rock came loose, it was thrown toward employee, striking them on head behind right ear.
Employee was replacing a retractable metal chute (sheet metal). The chute slid down and caught a hand between the chute and the slate conveyor.
Employee was operating a shuttle car when a piece of rock was thrown from the continuous miner boom and struck employee on face and forehead.
Employee stated that while getting on the 980G Front end loader, EE slipped and twisted their neck and back. *Employee began missing work due to this injury on 8/16/2021.
A roof fall measuring approximately 55 inches high, 20 feet wide and 40 feet long, fell in crosscut between no. 4 and no. 5 entry near spad no. 2001. (The fall has been dangered off and will not be cleaned up)
Employee was loading roof bolt supplies onto the roof bolter when a co-worker threw a bundle of roof bolt plates and caught employee's finger between the plates and the roof bolter.
Employee stated that while walking in the No. 4 entry, EE slipped and fell causing EE to strike EE's shoulder on a rock. Employee did not return to work after scheduled 2 week vacation.
Employee was trying to remove a piece of steel that was stuck in the drill chuck. EE's hand slid up the drill steel and across a steel burr on the drill steel lacerating EE's left hand.
Employee was preparing to make a belt splice and while cutting the belt with a knife, EE slipped allowing the knife to cut EE's thumb.
A roof fall occurred while mining the No. 1 lift off the right wing of the No. 6 Pillar block on the mains section. The material caught the continuous miner on the left side and caused the continuous miner to be stuck. The continuous miner was pulled out from under the rock by using a separate machine.
Employee was operating a continuous miner when a piece of rock fell out between roof bolts striking employee.
Employee was shoveling coal onto the belt conveyor when EE felt a pain in EE's left shoulder.
Employee was operating a shuttle car and was being loaded by the continuous miner when a piece of rock being discharged by the miner struck the employee on EE's lip.
Employee was tramming a forklift when EE drove off the road into the ditch. The forklift leaned on its side against the berm. As the employee was getting out of the forklift EE slipped and rolled over the embankment approximately 15 feet.
While pushing a miner drum out of the scoop bucket, the employee stated that EE laid EE's arm on top of the back rest and as the scoop drifted back, EE's arm slipped of the back rest allowing EE's arm to get caught between the backrest and the coal rib.
Employee was removing a roof bolter tire from the rim and while striking the rim with a sledge hammer, the hammer came back and struck employee on employee's left arm.
Employee was operating a scoop and ran over a rock. This caused the employee to be jarred inside the operating deck of the scoop.
Employee was unloading timbers and one of the timbers fell on employee's foot.
Employee had just returned to the surface and while standing in the parking lot, employee felt a sharp pain in employee's right knee, employee stated - employee's leg "gave out", causing employee to fall to the ground.
Employee was using a cut off saw when the salo disk/blade broke, a piece of the fragment from the blade struck the employee on the finger.
Employee was using a hammer to remove a bearing from a shaft, when EE struck the bearing, a piece of metal flew back and struck EE on the left eye (Employee was wearing safety glasses at the time).
Employee was shoveling the belt when felt a muscle pull in upper back.
A roof fall measuring 6'x11'x40 feet occurred one cross-cut outby spad number 659 No. 7 return entry
Employee was tramming the roof bolter past a parked shuttle car. The bolter slid and caught employee's leg between the bolter and the shuttle car bumper.
Employee was moving a piece of metal to be cut when he felt pain in his back.
While moving a scoop battery charger to a new location, employee was loading cable in scoop bucket, when he was moving away from the scoop, he slipped and his foot went under the scoop bucket as the scoop was moving away
Employee was operating a roof bolting machine when he got his hand caught between the drill head and the drill steel.
Employee was hanging the continuous miner cable when he felt something start burning in his lower back.
Employee was opening airlock door to allow a scoop to travel through when the supply car being pulled by the scoop struck the door causing it to strike employees leg.
A co-worker was setting a 7 foot timber, when he loss control of the timber it fell on the left foot of this employee.
Employee stated that while walking toward the powder truck, he slipped and fell causing him to twist his ankle and knee.
EE stated that while working on conveyor belt in the track entry, he slipped in the mud and fell on the track.
While working on track, the EE dropped a rail and the rail kicked back and struck the EE on the left foot.
Employee was operating a scoop when a small piece of draw rock fell form the roof/rib and struck employee on the upper back.
Employee was shoveling under the belt conveyor when he felt something pull in his shoulder.
Employee was unloading timbers when a timber fell and struck employee on the right wrist.
While unloading cinder blocks from scoop bucket, employee dropped one of the blocks on his right knee.
While shutting air lock door, the hinge broke resulting in the employee mashing his two fingers on his left hand
WHEN TURNING AROUND IN SHUTTLE CAR SEAT, EMPLOYEE PULLED GROIN AREA
A roof fall measuring approximately 8' x 20' x 70' feet fell in the No. 9 to No. 10 crosscut. One crosscut inby spad No. 752.
EE was installing line curtain using a Poco Stick. The Poco Stick slid backwards and dislodged a piece of draw rock that fell and struck EE on the forehead and eye.