Employee was servicing a unihauler when he smashed his ring finger on his right hand.
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Showing all 6Employee had just brought the section foreman a pipe wrench to take slack out of a conveyor chain, when he sat down and apparently had a heart attack. This is still pending an autopsy.
During pillar extraction cont. miner helper was watching miner cable when loose coal rib rolled off striking him in his lower back.
Pressure from barrier blocks from a mined out seam 230'below active mining seam caused roof support failure in active seam.
INJURED MAN WAS CUTTING TIMBERS WITH HYDRAULIC CHAIN SAW WHEN IT KICKED BACK, CUTTING HIS RIGHT HAND. REQUIRED STITCHES TO 3 OF HIS FINGERS.
Surface crack that was previously supported fell in trapping roof bolting machine.