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Sometime between end of day shift on October 7 and start of day shift on October 08, 2014, the back in 5190 3000 South failed and the failure migrated into part of the 5190 East Lateral back. The back failure also pushed broken muck into the 5190 East Lateral (Figure #1) covering the SMD Sky Track which was being used to install long swellex bolts.
A LNG truck was attempting to leave the mine without putting chains on his drive wheels. He asked an employee to pull him up the hill with the John Deere loader, they attached a 20' cable between the loader and truck. The loader could not make it up the hill, backing down to unhook the cable, the loader slid down hill on the ice and contacted the right front of the truck.
Miner was connecting 2" pipe together when he turned to reach behind him to get a vice clamp. As he turned he struck a piece of 9 wire hooked to a bolt plate on the rib. The 9 wire lacerated his upper right eyelid. The employee had safety glasses at the time of the accident but was not wearing them.
Three miners were traveling underground in a UTV. The driver pulled the UTV into a crosscut to allow traffic to pass when the UTV tipped onto the left side. The miner in back was bracing his left foot against the side of the UTV; when his foot slipped his leg was pinned under the left side of the UTV resulting in a fractured tibia.
Miner was chipping and cleaning around cribbing with spud wrench when water splashed under his safety glasses into his left eye. Water irritated eye.
Drilling with a jackleg in the back, pulled back and steel puller let go of steel. Machine fell and miner tried to stop it from falling resulting in a strained shoulder.
Geotech was performing routine core lab duties during most of the shift. Late in the shift the geotech felt pain in the back. Geotech went to ER after shift and was told to remain off work due to a back injury.
Miner was collaring hole in back with jackleg when rock broke loose at collar sliding down drill steel and bounced off plastic muffler striking his lip and tooth. Miner received lacerated lip and broken tooth.
Miner received cement burns to right ankle when cement saturated water leaked through a hole in his boot.