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Employee was operating loader loading coal, when finish employee went to get off of loader. While climbing down loader ladder foot slip off step hurting back and knees. Employee became a lost time accident due to a slip disk. Became a lost time accident on 12/2/2014

Employee was working on 270 excavator changing bush hog attachment back to bucket. Employee picked up pin to install in back of bucket when he felt pain in his left shoulder. Employee became a lost time accident on 9/12/2014 due to his injury.

injured was helping the miner operator clear rock from miner. he was getting a piece of rock off of the miner when he said he hurt his back.

A piece of rock bounced off from drill boom and struck employee on the upper lip. 3 sutures required.

Employee was hanging a curtain and turned around and hit his back on a nail sticking down from a roof bolt plate and cut his back. 3 Sutures required.

Employee has filed a hearing loss claim.

Employee was closing door latches on empty rail road cars felt tear in left bicep.

Found an unintentional fall approximately 20 breaks inby #1 Switch on Doty Mains.

Employee was holding a wrench when another employee accidentally hit his arm with a crib/wooden block and cut his arm. Sutures required.

An unplanned roof fall occurred in the #5 entry at x-cut 17 of the S1M4. Fall measures approximately 17' w x 80' l x 7 1/2' h.

Employee was dipping water and bending over and strained his back. He continued to work at his regular job and then started missing work on 8/30/2014 due to his back not getting any better.

A PICI contract employee was working on the No. 29 Belt and slipped in the mud and twisted his left knee.

INJURED WAS MOVING HIS CABLE ANCHOR FOR SHUTTLE CAR UP. THE CABLE REEL TURNED PULLING ANCHOR INTO THE BATWING WHICH CAUSED THE CHAIN ON THE ANCHOR TO STRIKE INJURED ACROSS FACE.

Employee was driving a tractor and trailer off a haul road and the truck came out of gear causing the employee to hit a berm that was set up for a run away truck ramp.

Found an unintentional roof fall in the #3 Entry, break #8, of the #26 Beltline.

Found an unintentional roof fall in the #2 entry of the #3 left bleeder panel.

Employee was cutting on a belt guard with a utility knife and cut his right thigh. 11 sutures required.

Employee was helping tighten the low structure when a crib block flew out and struck him on the left shin. Has been diagnosed with a fracture.

EE FOUND THE FALL AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00 am ON 07/14/14. THE FALL IS ABOUT 80 FEET LONG AND ABOUT 30 FEET INBY SPAD #153

Found an unintentional roof fall in the #4 Track Entry 3 breaks inby the #4 Track Switch. Fall was approximately 20' wide by 30' long and 4-5' thick.

Employee was standing beside the roof bolter when a piece of rock fell and struck him on the head and face. Sutures required.

Employee was unloading belt structure rails. Rail bounced off structure hitting employee on right leg and right rib causing injury.

Employee was driving a water truck and stepped out and twisted his right knee on un-level ground.

Employee was standing beside the flat bed truck when another employee was attempting to unload a ram car boom jack. The jack spun around on truck and fell off truck and one end of the jack struck the employees left foot. Fractured foot.

Employee was working on roof bolter leveling arm chain, chain broke striking employee on bridge of nose and right eye causing injury. Employee was transported by ambulance to hospital.

Employee was installing the top rib bolt in the #3 Heading on the 004 MMU and felt something pop in his left shoulder. He started missing work on 6/23/2014 pending the results of an MRI.

Employee stated that he was cleaning up the pad and side walk outside the mine office. He stated that he was picking up small roll of belt and felt a sharp pain in his lower back. He was transported to the hospital and was treated for a pulled muscle and became a lost time accident.

Found an unintentional fall on the #3 Belt line (#3 Entry) at break # 20 on the #5 PM Panel.

Employee was observing the continuous miner and a piece of draw rock fell and struck the back of his leg and ankle. Fractured ankle.

While drilling / bolting, a piece of drawrock fell onto his left index finger and fractured his finger.

Employee was pulling feeder cable out of the way and into a break and strained his back.

On May 19th 2013 the company was contacted by letter stating that a medical examination of employee indicates he has pneumoconiosis. On May 30th employee indicated in writing that he was not exercising his rights under part 90 at this time.

Employee was dragging an oxygen tank down the slope and he tripped and fell onto his right side/shoulder. He has been diagnosed with a fractured rib.

While moving a belt rail, the rail caught the skin between the thumb and index finger and cut him, 3 sutures required.

Employee had placed left hand on scoop bucket after hanging up 6" waterline when, water line fell striking fingers on left hand. Employee received 6 sutures to his 3rd digit finger and hairline fracture to 2nd digit finger on left hand. Employee has returned to work with no restrictions.

Employee was getting a stuck rock out of a belt-drive chute, as he had a hold of the rock, it dropped down and caught his left 4th and 5th digit fingers between the rock and the belt scraper bracket and cut both fingers. Sutures were required.

Employee was moving a roll of belt lost footing twisting left knee.

PICI Contract employee strained his lower back while helping hang the miner cable. He was lifting cable with his left shoulder and slipped on a rock and the cable fell on him.

Had an unintentional roof all in the #3 Heading between breaks # 13 to 14 on the 4th Left panel off of Pratt Fork Submains.

While doing a weekly examine a rock fall was found at Shell Branch Bleeder in the #2 entry at brk. 25-26. The size of the fall was approximately 4 to 5' thick 20' wide and 40' long. The ventilation has not been affected, cribs are being installed in the affected area.

PICI Contract employee strained his back while shoveling the lolo structure.

After cutting a speed reducer loose from 5 head drive the speed reducer slid from head drive falling on employee's left arm. Due to his injury employee received a fracture to his left arm, employee has returned to his regular work duties.

Employee was climbing onto a Cat 777B End Dump when he heard a pop in his right knee. The accident happened on 12/13/2013 but the employee continued to work until 04/07/2014.

While helping make a belt splice he was moving the knocker his finger was accidentally hit with a hammer by another employee.

Employee was lifting miner cable and waterline and hanging it to the top and strained his back and shoulders.

Found an unintentional roof fall at Break #61, #6 Heading, parallel with the #6 Beltline. The fall did not affect ventilation or affect the escapeways. The other entries through the area were common to this fall area and were travelable.

Employee was picking up a main pump for a roof bolter and the motor shaft cut his left hand between the thumb and index finger. 5 sutures were required.

A planned roof fall occurred on the active MMU 002 section located at x-cut 31 in the # 2 entry of the S1 M4 headings. Fall measured approximately 20' l x 17' w x 12' h.

Found an unintentional roof fall in Break #4 from #3 Heading to #4 Heading in the 1st Left off of Right Shell Submains. Dimensions of fall are approximately 60' long by 20' wide by 6' to 8' thick.

While foreman and State Inspector were traveling Intake airway they discovered a roof fall in the #4 southwest mains measuring 20 feet by 20 feet by 8 feet thick. In the #2 entry.