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Employee stated he was getting off the Clark 275 Front End Loader, while climbing down the steps of the loader he felt a sharp pain in neck - then in back - going all the way to his legs. Loader was on a slight uneven surface, steps on loader were straight up and down.

Employee was operating a backhoe. When he came to a stop, employee's feet slipped causing him to fall and break a bone in his right hand.

Employee was carrying bags of rock dust while kneeling over, when he felt his back pop and pain shooting through both legs.

**This accident was not reported until 12-11-2006** Employee stated that while shoveling she felt a sharp pain in her left shoulder. The area was muddy, slippering, and uneven. Employee has a pulled muscle in the backside of her left shoulder.

Employee was working on the header. The template that was being used fell off of the tandem roller and smashed his left hand, causing his hand to bruise and swell.

Rock fell out between pins striking employee in the head causing a muscle to pull in his back.

Slippery, wet, uneven surfaces that caused the employee to twist his left ankle cracking a bone in his ankle.

Over exerted pulling on come alongs, pulling a muscle in his back.

Third shift men were pulling a car cable, EE was standing beside miner and car cable hit him on the legs, knocking him down. He fell backwards onto the side of the miner and bruised lower back.

He was helping move miner cable, picked the miner cable up and felt pain in lower back.

Hydraulic oil sprayed out of the boom lift jack of the roof bolter, spraying oil in miner's face, getting in his eyes. Miner was wearing glasses.

Miner walked around shuttle car when he noticed small rocks chipping from the roof. He turned to avoid the falling rock, slipped in the mud and twisted his left knee. Hyperextened his left knee - strained and bruised.

Employee was putting up roof bolt in the face of the #3 right cross cut when the boom came down unexpectedly and struck him on his left knee. Possible torn ligements to the left knee.

Employee was hanging miner cable, picked the cable up and felt a pain in his back. The roof was 5 1/2 to 6 feet high and he was lifting cable by himself.

He was helping lap belt with three other employees and felt something pop in left shoulder.

Employee was pulling and lifting a steel cable, used to pull the gob truck as it was stuck in mud. He felt a pain in left shoulder and neck.

EE WAS CHECKING THE WATER LEVELS IN A RADIATOR ON A DIESEL SCOOP. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN THE RADIATOR CAP, THE CAP BLEW OFF AND HOT WATER AND ANTIFREEZE BLEW OUT, BURNING HIS RIGHT ARM AND SIDE. 1ST, 2ND & 3RD DEGREE BURNS TO ARM; 1ST DEGREE BURNS TO SIDE.

While pushing golf cart the steering wheel turned at a high rate of speed hitting employee's finger.

Injured party was getting out of the Frontend/Forklift Loader in the pit when he got to the bottom step his foot slipped and he fell to the ground landing on his feet straining his neck.

Injured party was standing in mud and water about a foot deep trying to hookup a supply trailor when a prop was shoved against the injured party left ankle.

Injured party got off of mantrip and was standing in mud when he tried to make a step. His feet stuck in the mud and he fell backwards straining his lower back.

INJURED PARTY WAS ROOF BOLTING IN THE #3 ENTRY WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT OF THE MINE ROOF STRIKING HIM ON TOP OF HIS RT. ANKLE, BREAKING HIS LEG. HE WAS UNDER THE CANOPY ON THE ROOF BOLTER BUT HIS LEG WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT OUT FROM UNDER THE CANOPY WHEN THE ROCK FELL. THE ROCK WAS ABOUT 3"THICK, 1 & 1/2'LONG & 1 & 1/2'WIDE.

Injured party had picked up the 4" water line at the unit tailpiece to put on a fire drop when he felt a pain in his lower back.

Injured party tried to throw a 5 gallon can of oil over the unit belt when he twisted his left hip and knee.

A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND ON 2ND SHIFT BY THE OUTBY MINE FOREMAN IN THE SOUTHEAST ENTRIES. SPAD # 2+70 IN THE X-CUT BETWEEN #4 & #5 ENTRIES. THE FALL WAS 4'HIGH X 17'WIDE X 35'LONG. IT WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP. 48"DOUBLE LOCK ROOF BOLTS WERE USED IN THE AREA.

Employee strained lower back while hanging miner cable.

While employees were getting instructions at shack, a rock app 3" - 12" thick and 2' x 3' long, fell striking 2 employees on their heads shoulders and backs.

Employee was changing out bearing on slope take-up and felt pain in his chest. Pulled muscle in chest.

Employee was getting off of step ladder and twisted his right knee when he turned to step away from the ladder.

Taking water line apart with a hammer. Swung hammer to remove line and missed causing right elbow to strike belt framing. Soft tissue and ligament damage.

Draw rock, 7 inches thick, tapering down to 1 inch thick 2 ft. wide, 4ft long broke at ATRS smashing left fingers, mainly index finger, against pot while employee was trying to get pinner still out of pot.

Employee was directing traffic on unit, when scoop dropped bucket on top of his foot. Scoop was sitting half way thru a curtain. Employee was on inby side of curtain and scoop operator was on outby side of curtain. Didn't know he had his foot around or under scoop bucket.

The brakes locked up on the #3 shuttle car causing the car to slide into the rib. The employee had his hand on hand rail and his hand was mashed into rib of coal. Cut little finger and ring finger, broke little finger.

Employee was removing pin from splice hitting two hammers together when a small piece of the hammer head broke off and entered his left arm

EE was trying to move an empty pallet at #4 header. The pallet was stuck in mud and when he picked up on the pallet, he felt something pop in his right shoulder

Employee was loading a box of glue onto pinner and twisted his back causing pain in his back and right leg.

Making a splice in #4 belt. Knife slipped and cut left index finger. Bandaged on unit and went to Dr. for stitches.

MUD SLIP IN INTERSECTION FELL ABOVE ANCHORAGE ZONE. AREA IS APPROX. 20' X 20' X 8-10' HIGH.

A mud slip occurred in the #5 entry at the last open intersection spad #6 to 50. this lsip caused an unintentional roof fall app. 20' x 20' x 6'. the intersection had been previously bolted.

Employee was shoveling on slope belt header and threw mud and coal up onto the belt and strained neck and pinched nerve.

Employees were attempting to jack up one side of tailpiece with a railroad jack to prevent #3 belt from contacting the tailpiece. The jack slipped out (kicked out) and off of a piece of wood that the jack was sitting on, striking injured in the left knee causing pain and swelling in the knee.

Employee was crawling and climbing around on #3 header, when left knee started hurting, by the time he got out side his left knee started to swell, which was around 7:00 p.m.

Employee was watching cable to insure that there was slack in cable. Supervisor heard a pop and a "grunt" or noise and lost power on his equipment. Supervisor discovered EE laying on ground, unconscious with with no apparent injury.

#3 head drive is powered by tires. It appears the roller stopped and tires kept turning creating friction that ignited tires. Slip protection did not shut belt off.

MINING THROUGH SLIP AREA. HAD ALREADY ROOF BOLTED AREA AND PUT STEEL SETS UP. TOP FELL, TWISTING LEGS AND ROCKFALL OCCURRED. FALL WAS APPROX. 12 FT. LONG, 16 FT. WIDE, 8 FT. HIGH.

MINING THRU SLIP AREA. OUTBY APPROX 30' LONG X 17' WIDE X 10-12' HIGH FELL IN PULLING PINS OUT PINS WERE 5' TO 7' GLUE BOLTS, #5 ENTRY INBY SPAD #12+00 2ND NORTH PANEL OFF 2ND MAIN CAST.

REMOVING BEARING FROM 8 X 20 SCREEN WITH LEVER HOIST, WHEN BEARING WAS LOWERED TO WALKWAY, SLACK OCCURRED IN CHAIN ALLOWING LEVER HOIST TO FALL STRIKING EE ON LEFT LOWER LEG.

EE REPORTED THAT HE STRAINED HIS NECK WHILE LOADING WOOD PLANKS INTO SCOOP BUCKET.

WHILE ROCK DUSTING BELT LINE, ROCK DUST GOT INTO EE'S EYE. IT BOUNCED OFF RIB & WENT IN HIS LT. EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS ON SURFACE LAPPING BELT THAT HAD BEEN PULLED FROM UNDERGROUND. AS HE STEPPED OFF OF THE PILE OF BELT APPROX 18" HIGH - HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE.