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Injured cut his finger on fencing while roof bolting. Injured received stitches on his finger making this a reportable incident.
An unintentional Roof fall has occurred on the 3A Sub-main at the 24XC in the #7 entry. The fall was discovered by the weekly examiner.
Injured suffered a ruptured eardrum while at work, initially injury was thought to have been caused from sinus pressure. On 8/4/2014 injured was seen by a specialist who determined the cause of the rupture to have been caused by a foreign body entering the ear.
Injured was pinned between the movable roller and the take-up frame after putting a come-along on the roller to free it. The roller broke free and struck the injured knocking him to the ground and proceeding to run over him causing severe injuries.
An unintentional roof fall has occurred on the 1st south sub-main at the 36xc in the #4 entry.
Injured employee filed accident report on 3-21-14 stating that he had been cut on the back of his left hand while getting roof bolt supplies. He received 3 stitches to close the wound and had a severed tendon to his ring finger.
Injured was operating a scoop, when he got out of the scoop his back begin to hurt. He does not recall a specific incident that may have caused his back to hurt.
Injured employee filed accident report on 3/20/2014 stating that he had been struck in the parking lot by another employees personal vehicle after work. Injured sustained a broken wrist from the incident.
Injured was hanging cable and strained his shoulder. Injured reported incident on 01/16/2014.
Injured was grinding on piece of metal in the shop. The grinding wheel kicked striking his left hand resulting in a laceration on the top of his hand which required stitches.
Injured was chaining off a take-up roller when a clevis broke, allowing the roller to move and strike the injured employee on his left leg. This resulted in a Fractured Leg.
Injured was handling ziggy rails and cut his finger. This required stitches making this a reportable incident.
Injured was changing the blade on his utility knife and during the process of changing the blade cut his index and second finger on his left hand. The laceration required stitches.
Injured was strapping down supplies on a supply trailer and slipped and fell injuring his shoulder and wrist.
Injured was trimming top out of the #3 face on the #1 unit when a piece of carbide struck the injured in the head causing a laceration which required stitches.
Injured was placing wire mesh on the roof bolter and cut tip of his right ring finger.
Injured was bolting in the #9 entry using a split steel and went to put in second steel and missed the chuck. This caused the steel to flex and contract striking his right hand index finger.
Injured had pinner steel fall out and strike his thumb on his left hand. Injured initially received first aid only. On 08/20/2013 injured was still having discomfort in his hand and went to see doctor for x-rays and discovered fracture in his thumb.
An unintentional roof fall occurred on 3D Belt line XC-110 Entry 5. The mine was idle for the Holiday weekend and was conducting a fire check when the fall was discovered.
Injured was hammering on a clevis, struck the index finger on his right hand. Injured reported incident on 06/18/2013 to request medical attention for his finger and x-rays revealed a fracture of his finger.
A dozer caught on fire while pushing coal. The fire was not extinguished within 30 minutes and was reported immediately to MSHA.
Injured was cut by a piece of draw rock and received stitches.
A slab of mine roof fell striking him on his left side knocking him to the ground. The roof rock measured at its maximum distance 15 foot long x 40 inches wide x 8 inches thick. The mine roof looked normal and was about 7' 6" tall. The section of roof that fell out had a polished slickenside surface above it that was not visible after the area had been mined and roof bolted.
A shuttle car operator was hanging miner cable from the mine roof. As part of this task he stepped on a chunk of coal strained his knee. He went to a doctor for initial observation and on the follow-up visit the doctor pulled some clear fluid off of the knee. The mine was not aware of the fluid draw until 4-19-13.
Injured was watering a set of batteries and a cell imploded and debris struck the injured person in the face and left eye. Injured sustained a scratch on his eye and received a prescription for his injury, making this a reportable incident.
Employee was putting in return idler and he dropped idler on hand and broke finger.
Injured was rock dusting on the Unit #1 A-belt. As she was dragging the hose she stepped on a rock that measured about 12"x12"x3" laying near the ribline and she felt a sting or burn on the top, left side of her left foot about half way between the ankle and her toes. She was wearing metatarsal rubber boots at the time of the incident.
AN unintentional roof fall occurred on the 2A submain on the 39XC of the #5 entry which is the belt line. The fall was approximately 17 feet wide by 18 feet long and over 10 feet high. The intersection was dangered out and a rehabilitation plan was implemented for the area.
Injured was recovering cable with 2 other individuals, when injured reached up to cut a piece of tie-wire the scoop bucket came in contact with his left foot. Injured was taken to local hospital for x-rays where it was discovered he had 5 bones broke in his left foot.
Injured fractured his right pinky finger, after catching the end of it with the retention jaws on the Sandvik Bolter.
Injured was cutting a piece of belt and slipped and cut his forearm. Injured received two sutures for his injury.
Injured was Roof Bolting on the #3 Unit, injured was using a split steel when he went to insert second steel it caught the lip of the pod and buckled the steel which struck the palm of his hand. This caused a closed fracture of the distal end of the radius.
Injured had been setting timbers along rib line at the 170XC of the Main South 3. The crew had moved a rock away from the rib line in order to install a timber, injured took a step backwards and stepped awkwardly on the rock. This caused him to lose his balance and twist his left ankle. X-rays revealed the ankle was fractured and injured is now off work.
Injured was servicing a Dozer, when the grease hose he was using developed two pin holes. The pressure on the hose through the holes pentrated the skin on injured right hand, allowing grease to be injected under the skin. Injured was taken to local hospital and had the grease surgically removed.
Injured was packing I-beams for undercast, cutting his arm on the corner of the beam. The injured received stitches for the laceration making this a reportable incident.
Injured was attempting to catch a 100-ton jack as it was falling off a pallet. Jack struck the injured's middle finger of his right hand.
Injured states that drill chuck fell and struck his left wrist causing to swell. Injured was taken to doctor for x-rays and discovered had a hair-line fracture on his Radial Styloid.
Injured was moving miner from a completed cut in the #6 Entry to begin mining in the #9 Entry. The tail piece of the miner caught the injured employee and wedged him at the corner of the #6 Entry.
A miner operator was cutting in the #5 entry at the 169-xc on the #1 unit. A piece of Carbide come of a bit and struck the operator in the left arm. The operator received three stitches making this a reportable accident.
Injured was bolting in #9 entry of the number 1 unit when his left foot was struck by a piece of draw rock causing a laceration and a fracture on his left foot.
Injured claimed drill steel fell from the hole being drilled when attempting to add an extension steel. The steel struck the injured in the left ear causing a small laceration to the top of the ear which required stitches.
A mantrip with 8 employees was traveling outby on the 2A travelway at the end of the their working shift. A scoop was traveling inby with a slinger duster attached to the front of the bucket. The mantrip was coming down a hill and hit the scoop causing numerous injuries to the employees in the mantrip.
A mantrip with 8 employees was traveling outby on the 2A travelway at the end of the their working shift. A scoop was traveling inby with a slinger duster attached to the front of the bucket. The mantrip was coming down a hill and hit the scoop causing numerous injuries to the employees in the mantrip.
A mantrip was traveling outby on the 2A at the end of their working shift. A scoop was traveling inby with a slinger duster attached to the front of the bucket. The mantrip was coming down a hill and hit the scoop causing numerous injuries to the employees in the mantrip.
A mantrip with 8 employees was traveling outby on the 2A travelway at the end of their working shift. A scoop was traveling inby with a slinger duster attached to the front of the bucket. The mantrip was coming down a hill and hit the scoop causing numerous injuries to the employees in the mantrip.
A mantrip was traveling outby on the 2A at the end of their working shift. A scoop was traveling inby with a slinger duster attached to the front of the bucket. The mantrip was coming down a hill and hit the scoop causing numerous injuries to the employees in the mantrip.
A mantrip with 8 employees was traveling outby on the 2A travelway at the end of their working shift. A scoop was traveling inby with a slinger duster attached to the front end of the bucket. The mantrip was coming down a hill and hit the scoop causing numerous injuries to the employees in the mantrip.
A mantrip with 8 employees was traveling outby on the 2A travelway at the end of their working shift. A scoop was traveling inby with a slinger duster attached to the front of the bucket. The mantrip was coming down a hill and hit the scoop causing numerous injuries to the employees in the mantrip.
Injured had just returned to work on 01/09/2012 shift, from being off, was helping build a stopping and said he re-aggravated his back. The cause of injury is unknown still to this date, but injured has missed work after reporting that an injury had occurred making this a lost time accident.
Injured was building a stopping at the 107-XC of the Main South 2, as she was building the stopping she placed a concrete block next to a mandoor and smashed her right Pinky finger. Injured received 4 stitches, making this a reportable incident.