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The employee was operating a battery coal hauler. He trammed over a rock in the road bouncing him inside the cab. He sustained contusions to his ribs.
The employee was walking to the mantrip, he slipped on some mud twisting his knee.
The employee was moving miner cable as he bent over to grab the cable he twisted his back.
A roof fall was found in our P2-2 abandoned panel at x-cut 17, intake room 6-7. the fall did not affect ventilation, impede passage of miners and no one was injured due to this fall.
The employee was welding in a gob bin. a foreign object got in his eye.
The employee was lifting a steal cover off of a roof bolting machine. As he lifted the cover he twisted his back. He went to the Dr. on 2/23/2012 and was put on restricted duty.
During a weekly examination a roof fall was found in an abandoned Sub 1-1st Left Panel. The fall was found at x-cut 43 entry 4. The fall did not affect passage of miners, impede ventilation, or cause injury to miners.
The employee was operating a roof bolter and as he reached for a roof bolt he tripped over a rock and hit his elbow on the machine.
An unintentional roof fall was found in our company No. P5-1 Panel, x-cut #7, entry #23, during a weekly examination. The fall did not affect passage of miners, affect ventilation or cause harm to miners.
A roof fall was found by a shift manager in our M3 Main Return Entry. Specifically x-cut 17 entry #3. The fall did not cause injury to miners, affect ventilation or impede passage of miners. It was found at 7:40am and the MSHA hot line was called at 7:45am.
During an idle weekend examination a roof fall was discovered on our 002-0 MMU. The fall is located in the second open cross cut (xc-42) in number 3 entry. The fall was found at 11:07am and called into the MSHA Hotline at 11:17am. The fall did not cause injury to miners, impede passage of miners, or affect ventilation. The fall occurred in an intersection only.
The employee was working on a battery coal hauler. As he was trying to find a hyd leak with his hand he had the hauler operator pressurize the hyd hose. Hyd fluid got in his thumb and had to be seen by a Dr. and put on meds.
The employee was operating a twin head bolter. His drill steel caught on a roof screen when he swung his boom. The drill steel then sprung over hitting his thumb.
A weekly examiner found a roof fall adjacent to the weekly examiners rout of travel. The fall is located in our M4 Mains, x-cut 63, entry #2. The fall did not affect ventilation, impede miners travel, or cause injury to miners. The fall measured 17' x 17' x 8'.
The employee was hanging insulated wire. The wire flipped over and hit him in the eye.
During a weekly examination a roof fall was found in our M5 1st-Left Panel. The fall is adjacent to the weekly examiners travelway in x-cut 21 between entries 3 and 4. The fall did not cause injury to miners, affect ventilation, or impede passage of miners.
The section supervisor found bruising and swelling in his wrist after working day shift on 9/28/11. He is not sure what he did to cause this injury. He followed up with the Dr. on 10/13/2011 and was placed on medication to aid in reducing the swelling. The employee did not miss work and was not placed on restricted duty.
The employee was loading a reducer for a Joy Battery Ram car. He slipped as he picked up the reducer and it fell on his thumb.
The employee was examining the belt entry. He tripped over a bridge and fell on his knee.
A roof fall was found during a weekly examination in our M5 1st Left Panel x-cut 21 entry 4-5. The roof fall is located next to the examiners rout of travel. No one was injured, no equipment was damaged, no one trapped, and ventilation was not interrupted.
The employee was removing a ventilation device with a hammer. As he pulled a spad out of the curtain board his elbow hit a coal rib. He started having pain on 10/7/11 and was seen by a Dr. on 10/10/11 who put him on restricted duty.
The employee was moving belt structure. As a co-worker moved a bottom roller it hit his finger. An accident report was filed that day. He was seen by a Dr. on 10/12/11 due to still having pain in his finger. Medication was prescribed to aid in reducing the swelling. The employee did not miss work and was not placed on restricted duty.
the employee was operating a diesel scoop. He had his leg resting on a hot hyd hose in the cab and burnt his leg. He seen a Dr. on 9/2/2011 due to infection and was placed on restricted duty.
The employee was advancing a belt line. He hit his finger between a bottom roller and the coal rib. No fractures were found but a prescription was given for pain.
During an examination of our redundant phone line a roof fall was found in the primary escape way, M4 Mains, XC 64, Entry #6. No miners were injured, ventilation was not affected, and no miners were trapped due to this roof fall.
A roof bolter operator was removing 2'x 4'x 18' boards from his machine. As he was removing a board he was bit by a spider. He was seen by a Dr. on 8/9/2011 given medicine for infection caused by the bite.
During a weekly examination a weekly examiner found a roof fall in our M4 main. The fall was located in #7 entry at x-cut #71 adjacent to the primary escapeway. The fall did not affect ventilation, passage of miners, or cause injury to miners. The fall was 37' x 17' x 8'.
A roof fall was found by a weekly examiner in our M5/1st Left abandoned sub-main, cross-cut 21 entry #6. The fall measured 20' x 16' x 15'. It is not located in or adjacent to the examiners route of travel, it did not cause interruption in ventilation, impede passage of miners or cause any injury to miners.
The employee was working on a bolter cable on number 4 MMU. As he was fixing the cable a piece of rock dislodged from the mine roof and struck the employee fracturing his pelvis.
A roof fall was found during a weekly examination. The roof fall measured 20' x 17' x 8'. It was located in our M3 Main Return x-cut #14, entry #2. It was not located adjacent to an escapeway. no miner was injured, ventilation was not affected and travel was not affected due to this roof fall.
Employee was stopped on equipment. He was adjusting his CB radio antenna, which is located on the outside of the equipment. While moving the magnet to which the antenna is attached, the antenna flipped back and hit him in the right eye. The sclera (white part) of his right eye was lacerated.
The employee was operating a continuous miner. As he was mining a piece of mine roof spun off of the head of the machine and struck the employee in the face causing a laceration.
The employee cut a steel band on a skid of block. The band slung towards the employee hitting his arm causing a laceration.
The employee was moving a stored SCSR Cache and felt a tear feeling in his abdomen area. After consulting with a doctor on the following Monday it was determined that the employee was in need of surgery do to a hernia. The employee was placed on restricted duty.
As the miner operator was loading his last car on the left side of a blow through he noticed a pile of coal in the cut was possibly burning. It was determined through company and MSHA investigation that a methane bleeder from the mine floor and sparks from the miner bits is what possibly caused the ignition. No one was injured and no equipment was damaged.
Employee was working and at some point was bitten by a spider.
The employee was installing a pump and hit his knee on grating. He went to the Doctors office on 5/16/2011 and had to have fluid drained behind his knee.
The employee attempted to cross over an idled conveyor belt thinking it was locked and tagged out. As he stepped on the belt it started causing the employee to ride the conveyor belt app. 60' traveling under a crossover before another employee shut the belt off.
The employee was standing next to a twin head roof bolter during drilling operations. As the operator advanced to install the next row of pins he ran over the employees foot causing bruising and swelling to his foot.
The employee was loading bottom rollers onto a structure trailer. As another employee threw a bottom roller it caught the injured employees finger between two rollers.
The employee was removing a guard on a dozer. He slipped and landed on his side fracturing two ribs
A Continuation of a roof fall that was reported on 7/16/2010 was found during a weekly examination. The fall was found in our M4 Mains, X-Cut 72, #3 entry and was the intersection only. It measured 20' X 20' X 15' high. The continuation did not affect passage of miners, affect ventilation, or cause injury to miners.
The employee was retrieving HV cable. As he and three other miners were pulling on the cable it snagged on a crib. As the cable suddenly stopped the employee felt a strain in his groin and stomach. After consulting a DR. on 2/25/11 it was determined he has a hernia and will need surgery.
The employee slipped on ice as he was walking across the plant yard. Since his accident the pain has gotten worse, he is now required to have surgery to correct the problem.
During a weekly examination of our M3 Main Returns a roof fall was found at x-cut 26, entry #1. The fall was found in the intersection only. It measured 20' long, 18' wide, and 15' high. the fall did not cause personnel injury to miners, impede passage of miners or affect ventilation.
The employee was operating a roof bolter. He placed his hand on top of the operators canopy and swung the boom pinching his hand between the mine roof and the canopy.
The employee was bolting. As he attempted to put a bolt in the drilled hole, using the hyd. of the bolter, the bolt bent and hit his hand which caused a strain.
The employee was roof bolting. He raised the pot up to the starter steel, which was not properly aligned, it snapped back jarring his hand.
During a weekly examination an examiner found an unplanned roof fall in our M4 Mains. The fall was found in #1 entry, x-cut 52 through x-cut 54. It measured app. 120' long, 18' wide, and 15' high. The roof fall did not cause personal injury to miners, affect ventilation, or impeed passage of miners.
During a weekly examination an examiner found an unplanned roof fall in our M3 Mains. The roof fall was found in #1 entry, x-cut 11-12. It was 40' long, 18' wide, and 15' high. This roof fall did not cause personal injury to miners, affect ventilation, or impeed passage of miners.