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While changing battery on green ram car at #1 Battery Shack the charging lead had a splice in it and when taking the cathead (plug) out of the battery receptacle the employee said ee was shocked on the right forearm. The employee was taken to the hospital and checked out and received a return to work full release paper.
Employee went to pull cable bolt on ground to put into roof. Cable bolt was hung on a pile of coal and when ee snatched it hard ee felt a pop in left shoulder.
Employee was bolting in #5 entry at Spad # 17+60 and as employee was walking back to pull up the bolter, ee hung the right foot under a rock lying on the bottom, tripping ee causing ee to fall twisting ankle as ee fell to the ground. Employee finished the shift and didn't go to the Doctor until that afternoon.
The right side pinner was moving from #7 to #8 entry. The Ram Car was setting idle with the pump motor on waiting for the other car to come out of #9 entry. Employee was moving cable out of the way for the pinner to pull into face of #8. EE was standing behind ram car when the car released brake causing ee to rollback striking employee in back of knee.
While loading a car employee stepped on a mound of coal and twisted their left knee.
Employee was operating a Diesel Scoop about 30' from the top of the slope. The scoop died and rolled down the entire slope and hit a concrete wall at the bottom. The employee had a bump on head and was complaining of back pain. Employee was taken to hospital seen and released. This accident did not become a lost time until 11/28/17 when Doctor took employee off work.
Employee was working on oil leaks on feeder, tightening up loose fittings when the channel locks slipped causing employee to lose balance and footing twisting left knee.
Employee was helping hang the miner cable in #8 entry when EE felt something pop in the right shoulder.
Employee was cutting #6 entry when a rock measuring 12" wide X 30" long X 1/4" to 1.5" thick broke from the top striking employee on the head and left shoulder area. Employee said neck and shoulders were hurting so after injuries were assessed employee was taken outside and transported to hospitals.
EE went to move the 4 man diesel, pulled it up about 8-10 ft. to get it out of the way. EE said that a piece of rock fell and hit them in the head and left shoulder. This happened between 2:30 and 3:30am and they continued to work until around 4:oo when they were transported outside. Also MSHA was called,because the ambulance EMT called life-flight. EE was sent to St. Vincent.
EE was taking the miner back to the face of #4 entry. Pulled cable up in the face, pinched self between the tail of the miner and the rib.
EE was removing block from a scoop bucket and went to walk away from the scoop and slipped off of wet and muddy cable and fell down. EE's left foot stayed stuck in the mud, when EE fell and twisted left knee.
HAD A ROCK FALL OUTBY # 1 UNIT IN # 9 ENTRY AT 9+00 TO 9+50 IN PILLAR LINE. Roof Fall was about 18' wide x 20' long x6.5 high
Had a rock fall in the 3rd. South Panel at 8+50 in the intersection. The fall was 19' wide x 19' long x 9' high.
Employee was repairing doors at a rock dust hole when a beam turned over and caught their right little finger, mashing and broke it. This resulted in five stitches to employee's right little finger.
EE was hanging an A-Frame and was holding it up with left knee. The A-Frame slipped off the stud and came down on EE as EE fell their right foot did not turn when their body twisting their knee. EE was treated at Muhlenberg Community Hospital and diagnosed with a fracture to the right medial tibial plateau.
Employee was stacking 8" concrete blocks on a pallet. The employee tripped over a brattice cloth, causing self to fall. The block ee was carrying fell on fingers-smashing them between another block.
Had a roof fall in the Main East. Time is unknown, Examiner and inspector found the fall while making the return air course on the weekly. Fall was at 39+20 from 2-9 in the return air course, it was about 480 feet long. The fall was inby unit # 1 in the return air course.
Building a brattice picked up a block to stack on the brattice, turning around and felt a pop in EE's middle lower back
While employee was scaling rock in #2 entry on #1 Unit he moved a smaller rock dislodging a larger rock striking him on the top of the head pushing him toward the return side rib.
Building overcast went to grab a piece of metal and the whole stack fell on top of employees knee/leg.
EE(ACC Employee) was working on the surface area of the Mine helping to drill a rock dust hole. As he was pulling a drill steel back onto the trailer he slipped on another drill steel that was lying on the trailer causing him to fall over the baffle board which resulted to a strain to his back.
While employee was in process of putting together conveyor chain on continuous miner he was cut by a piece of metal on right shoulder.