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Employee was pulling a rib in the number 5 to 6 crosscut (near spad 6756). Tripped/slipped while pulling rib and pulled rib on him.
A roof fall occurred in the crosscut one break inby spad 6929, on the K-10 Panel. The roof fall will not be cleaned up. All approaches have been cribbed/timbered and dangered off.
EE was at section feeder running rock through feeder when he attempted to hit steel bar to activate e-stop. The steel bar slid out by and did not hit e-stop. EE hit e-stop cable which caused a rock to flip over and pinned his hand and cut it.
A roof fall occurred in the #9 entry at spad 6879. The roof fall will not be cleaned up. All approaches have been cribbed and dangered off.
A roof fall occurred in the #4 entry at spad 6869. The roof fall will not be cleaned up. All approaches have been cribbed, timbered, and dangered off.
Hanging face curtain in #2 entry on 4ft ladder. Ladder leg buckled and employee fell from the 3rd rung on the ladder landing on elbow forcing shoulder upward.
Loading tire - tired to move onto pallet, slipped and hit chin
Bolt man went to walk past the bolter after hanging his curtain and tripped and fell into bolt machine.
Employee was re-entering a miner cable into the machine when he felt a sharp pain in his back.
Employee was cutting the strut on miner with a torch - Flame caught pan jack hose on fire, burning his nose and right ear - Drove himself to hospital
Welding on a Joy 14-9CM when a piece of hot material went into boot causing a burn on the inside of the left calf area causing a burn. Was not reported until 8/18/13.
EE was running #3 shuttle car ran over ledge in bottom turning right handed toward feeder. His head jerked back and rammed head into canopy. Has pain in neck and down right side of body.
Employee & co-worker were pulling the cable of a s-car when employee felt a tightening in his back. He finished the shift and didn't stop work until 3-18-13.
Miner operator sitting inby red zone on #4 CM when miner swung toward him pinching him between machine & rib.
A piece of draw rock fell out of the top and struck operator on top of the left hand
Traveling the face area, ice between 3 & 4 entry slight grade covered with ice. Employee went through fly pad slipped on ice landing on his back on his SCSR.
EE was pulling on miner cable and strained/pulled muscle in his back. Did not go to the hospital until 1/14/2013
Around 10:20 AM EE came outside - had crawled nearly 4000 ft - could not tell management why or how he had gotten outside. In the absence of any apparent injury, he was sent home for the remainder of the day. Later that evening we learned he was kept overnight at hospital for observation. He made the statement he had bumped his head earlier.
Bolting top caught tip of finger on roof plate.
Victim was getting rock off miner felt pain in lower abdomen.
EE was making a cable splice on bolter cut his left thumb.
EE was cleaning #3 Roadway with scoop cut his head on back of scoop deck in low top.
Was supplying glue to bolter-putting box of glue in tray hurt back while lifting.
Next to forklift charger loading bags dust or rock dust right testicle felt like it tore. Another EE was loading the same time as IEE was loading.
Victim was plastering on intake stopping when he stood up he felt a sharp pain in his right thigh.
Employee was pumping grease in miner conv. grease jack when grease fitting blew out, throwing grease into both eyes.
Employee was between #3 and #4 entries, 1 break outby. S/C came through flypad and hit employee's ride, knocking it into him.
Working on end loader hit from behind by cylinder and knocked into frame.
Roof fall occurred in the #8 intersection 1 Break outby spad 4066. All accessible entries leading into the fall area have been supported and dangered off, and will not be cleaned up.
Supplying roof bolter, carrying roof bolts from scoop to bolter. Twisted and felt sharp pain in lower right side of back
While cutting miner cable to make a splice, blade slipped, cutting the inside of his left middle and ring finger.
While pulling a cable, strained left lower back - did not seek medical attention until 10/24/11.
Cutting belt strings off bottom roller, utility knife slipped and cut top of left hand.
Slipped getting out of 602 Scoop and straddled seat and frame scrape in groin area.
While holding cables to hand up, stepped off small ledge, left knee bent backwards.
He was getting out of shuttle car and tripped over his own two feet, landing on his left wrist.
Bolting with twist steel and it hung up trying to pull steel out of top some how canopy hit him on the back of his head, was nothing wrong with the jacks.
Injured employee was lifting the miner cable up to be hung by another employee. When he said he felt a pain in his neck and shoulder.
Employee stated that he was helping to make a belt splice when he was struck by the hammer used to drive the belt nails. Co-worker was wielding the hammer and accidentally hit EE's right middle finger.
Laying track tightening up bolts in fish plates pulled muscle in lower part of stomach.
Was loading oxygen tank - oxygen slipped and smashed little finger on left hand between tand and frame of mantrip.
During a weekly examination by ee of the right return it was discovered that a roof fall had occurred on Panel 6 at spad #1525. Stopping were installed and removed to allow the return to be safely traveled in its entirety. All accessible entries leading into the fall area have been supported and dangered off.
The victim received fatal injuries and was found in the #4 belt head chute. There were no eyewitnesses. The circumstances surrounding and the cause of the accident are under investigation.
EE was running s/c in #1 entry, rib rolled onto his hip area.
Employee had been shoveling belt, hit his head on uneven mine roof, hurting the back of his neck. Stated his neck was already hurting due to a previous non-work related injury.
Employee was walking up steps at office and supply room when he felt sharp pain in lower back and legs - knees.
Roof fall found during weekly exam. Found in an autby area of the right return approximately 1000 ft from the working section. 1 break inby spad #1048. The fall does not affect travel or ventilation. The area has been hangered off and supported.
While moving the left roof bolter, employee was crawling and hurt his left knee.
The diesel mantrip was traveling into the mine with the crew aboard. It fell off the rail jarring the employee who complained with pain in his lower back.
While shoveling on # 3 belt EE pushed the shovel into debris on bottom and strained his left shoulder.