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Employee was standing in back of a coal car taking down ventilation tube. Employee slipped and fell in back of the coal car with the ventilation tube landing on the employee torso.
Employee was cleaning up and getting ready to put tools away after fixing a horizontal pin. Employee was carrying an impact wrench and tripped and fell with the impact wrench and hitting the shield toes. Causing fracture to left thumb.
Employee was getting into the Fletcher 7074 & was in the process of moving his SCSR out of the way past the magnet door sensor. The door closed on his finger at the same time he tried to pull his finger out of the way. Resulted into left ring finger tip amputation.
The miner was crushed by a shuttle car and the rib, causing lower extremity fractures.
While he was involved in a physical altercation with another employee, regarding shearer operation he was pushed onto the top of the shield toe. Caused him to seek medical treatment and was diagnosis with right shoulder and neck strained.
While employee was turning off the lateral dust valve he felt a sharp pain in his left shoulder and bicep area.
During the regular examination of the bottom landing for the emergency hoist, the examiner noticed that one of the guide ropes had some broken strands near the connecting point of the rope. The hoist was tagged out and the problem reported. The guide rope will need to be replaced. This emergency hoist is not in a designated escapeway.
Walking into the charging station #9, slip on a rock approximately 4 inches in front of the battery. Tried not to twist my ankle and twisted my knee.
Employee was positioned in the LW panline conducting chain tension checks on the face conveyor chain. He bent over to pick up the chain tension ram which weighs an estimated 35 lbs. As he raised it up about 1' off the ground he felt a twinge in the right side of his back.
Employee was putting his chock blocks down on the scoop when he felt a pop in his lower right abdomen. Reliance Medical Group diagnosed him with abdominal stomach strain and released him to restricted duty.
Employee stated he walked up 6 flight of stairs for three days and his left knee swollen. He replaced wear liner inside Hopper Chute.
Employee was walking around miner & felt a pull and pop in left ankle. Reliance Medical diagnosed - Avulsion fracture of left ankle.
While employee was building a stopping he tripped & hit the side of the trailer dislocating his right elbow.
Employee was walking and felt a pop in his foot. Diagnosed by Reliance Medical, right 5th metatarsal fracture.
During the process of picking pipe joint from rig to place in single pipe loader, employee picked up joint of pipe, suspended it in vertical position, swung pipe into pipe loader and in process of lowering, placed left hand too close to threads pulling his left thumb into loader with pipe.
Employee was struck by a rib while moving a ventilation tubing that was on the ground. Employee sprained his right ankle.
Employee's statement: Moving power Cable to Sump Pump#2 caught meter(gas) with cable, pulled on meter which then snapped back upon release striking me in my face, hitting 2 front teeth on upper row. One tooth pushed out of position and one tooth chipped.
Employee was cleaning crusher with an air chipper and caused her pain to her left elbow.
While employee was cleaning a conveyor belt, he slipped and fell against a belt striking his left shoulder.
An employee at the plant was removing a drive belt from a motor for the feeder pan pulley and pinched right ring finger between the pulley and drive belt. Causing fracture to right ring finger.
Employee was struck near the left eye (under his safety glasses) with a high pressure plug from the main manifold block after removing the retaining staple from the plug. Employee received 6 stitches under his left eye.
Employee's recent audiogram results indicated that he had experienced a loss of hearing in one or both ears. The level of loss is such that he had experienced a loss of 25 dBA or more in one or more ear. This loss is in comparison to his baseline audiogram here at San Juan Mine.
Employee's recent audiogram results indicated that he had experienced a loss of hearing in one or both ears. The level of loss is such that he had experienced a loss of 25 dBA or more in one or more ear. This loss is in comparison to his baseline audiogram here at San Juan Mine.
Employee fractured the tip of his left index finger while installing roof bolts in 403. Employee received 4 stitches and released to restricted duty.
Employee's recent audiogram results indicated that he had experienced a loss of hearing in one or both ears. The level of loss is such that he had experienced a loss of 25 dBA or more in one or more ear. This loss is in comparision to his baseline to audiogram here at San Juan Mine.
Employee's recent audiogram results indicated that he had experienced a loss of hearing in one or both ears. The level of loss is such that he had experienced a loss of 25 dBA or more in one or more ear. This loss is in comparison to his baseline audiogram here at San Juan Mine.
Employee was injured while breaking the coupler on a charged nitrogen line. Employee sustained abrasion, lacerations to the face and he received a high pressure injection injury to his left ring finger.
IE and another EE when putting a spreader bar into a steal set. They had the bar "or pipe" between the 2 legs, & when other EE pushed the inby leg out by to put it in place IE's finger was caught between the pipe spreader & the I-beam leg.
EE was exiting the guard building and opened the door to walk down 2 steps to the pavement. EE missed the 2nd step which resulted in the ee falling backwards on her back on the pavement. Injury was a sprained back which was initially diagnosed as a possible fracture. The x-ray tech could not check x-rays until next Monday which resulted in the ee missing 1 day of work.
Employee was unloading oak planks and felt a pinch on his wrist and forearm, but continue working. At the end of shift his pain worsen and he was sent to Reliance. Diagnosis left wrist dequervines tendonidus.
Roof operator was drilling a hole for a 8' truss bolt with a 7' drill rod & a 3' extension drill rod. After drilling the hole the 7' drill rod hung up in the screen he was drilling through. Operator reached for the extension & the 7' drill rod came out of the roof smashing his left thumb between the 2 drill steel and resulted into a fracture thumb.
Employee was working on unplugging a slick line with concrete in it for pumping a seal in the longwall. When he unhooked a coupler on the line the concrete sprayed out and some of it got in his eye.
Employee advertently placed his thumb in the hinge point of the door (unit 3571) and his supervisor closed the door on his thumb, resulted into left thumb fracture.
Employee was dragging a vent tube and stepped on a large rock, causing him to twisted his left ankle.
While conducting an evaluation of roof conditions in an outby area of the mine a geotechnical engineer heard what sounded like a compressed air leak. Upon further investigation he observed a broken nitrogen line and an area adjacent to this broken line where the oxygen level was reduced to 14%. The area was dangered off and the N2 supply was shut off. The pipeline was repaired.
WHILE PUTTING THE SURGE TANK BACK IN PLACE, THE TANK DROPPED. EMPLOYEE TOOK THE FULL WEIGHT OF THE TANK AND FELT A SHARP PAIN ON THE MIDDLE PART OF BACK. WHILE USING THE SHOP FLOOR SWEEPER, THE REAR WHEEL HIT A HOLE IN THE FLOOR. THE JOLT FROM THE UNIT CAUSE PAIN TO FLARE UP.
During roof bolting operations the wrench became stuck on the head of a roof bolt. While attempting to remove the wrench the miner's left index finger was caught between the drill mast and the wrench resulting in a laceration.
Employee was using a 30# sledge hammer to dislodge the rock teeth from a loader bucket. A piece of metal chipped off the tooth and struck the employee in the arm. The metal was removed and the wound closed with 2 stitches.
Employee was unloading a spray boom for the shearer from the back of a flatbed truck. The boom slid off toward the employee and as he tried to get away he tripped and fell. The boom struck him on the foot and leg. X-rays were negative however the employee was held out of service for 2 days.
Employee smashed his right ring finger while handling some belt structure. Resulted into a fractured finger and released to restricted duty.
Employee reported the injury on 3-22-14. He stepped over a steel set spreader bar and slipped on wet concrete and fell. Causing left knee pain.
Employee was helping hang a tube on the bolter and a chuck of coal came out of the tube, striking him in the lip, resulted into a laceration. Went to Reliance and received sutures.
This non-work personal medical event is being reported as soon as MSHA District 9 advised us to do so. The employee contacted the plant maintenance supervisor via telephone complaining of difficulty in breathing. Supervisor contacted on-site EMT who immediately responded. The EMTs determined that the EE required advanced medical attention & transported EE to the Medical Center.
During extraction of emp (w/personal Medical condition) EE injured his hand. Following the extraction he knew it hurt but was focused elsewhere until it worsened on 3-15-14. Went to Med. Ctr on 3-16-14 & xrays were neg. but hand was immobilized & dr recommended not using it for work 3-17 to 3-21-14. 3-17-14 was when he first reported it to supv & 3-18 was released to full duty.
Employee stumbled and tripped while carrying a rock dust bag, when he went to pick up the bag he felt a sharp pain in lower back.
Employee claims he was roof bolting & installing monkey face plates in the 402 beltline. As he attempted to install a bolt it bent & he removed the bolt from the wrench & he re-attached the wrench to try to straighten the bolt. As he was doing this the plate hung up & then released & swung around striking him in the back of his right hand.
Employee stated that her pain started hurting on 2-12-14 when she was operating the forklift. On 2-17-14 while taking parts to yard in the forklift her tail bone & back continuously hurt and was uncomfortable to sit.
Employee was removing belt structure and placing on skid. While loading a spreader bar the left end dropped and caused the right side to connect with a roller on the skid. The employee's right hand was pinched between the spreader and the roller causing his middle finger on his right hand to be pinched just above the distal joint.
Employee states Jan 8-11,2014 his back was sore. He sought treatment 1-11-14 & was prescribed muscle relaxers. He reported to work 1-15-14 & told his foreman @ 9:30am. At 12:00pm-1-15-14 he was taken to Reliance.Diagnosed with a thoracic back strain & released to restricted duty. He did not work on Jan 16&17. On 1-17-14 he was terminated for cause. On 1-20-14 released full duty.
Employee was moving the empty DSI box from the bolter tray after filling it with trash. When he let go of the box into the tray on the trailer, a sharp piece of metal on the box caught his glove and pulled his hand with it smashing it between the box an trailer, causing distal fracture left thumb.