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Injured was changing a conveyor torque shaft on a miner. Another worker was driving a bit insert into the ripper head with a sledge hammer. The hammer slipped out of the worker's hands and traveled more than 10 feet striking the injured in the back of the head and neck. Injured had blunt force trama to head and neck.
Injured hooked chain between scoop and mantrip. EE stepped around the ride to get in drivers seat and scoop rolled pinning left lower leg between scoop bucket and mantrip tire. Scoop was off and operator was sitting in deck.
Employee was checking on a pump in the Right Return at 30 Brk. The employee twisted a knee causing employee to fall. At the time of the injury the employee received an exam from an emt. Employee then returned to work with no lost time until 11/16/2021, when surgery was performed.
INJURED WAS HANGING A LOOP OF CABLE FOR #4SC, THE ANCHOR FOR #3SC JERKED AND CAUGHT THE INJURED IN THE LEFT EYEBROW. CAUSING A 1 1/2" TO 2" LACERATION.
INJURED WAS HANGING CABLE, WHILE WALKING THEY FELL, DRIVING LEFT SHOULDER INTO THE GROUND.
A SECTION OF UNSUPPORTED TOP, WHICH HAD BEEN DANGERED OFF, FELL PULLING THREE ROWS OF PERMANENT INSTALLED SUPPORT. THIS FALL OCCURRED ONE BREAK INBY SPAD NUMBER 1131.
Injured picked up a roll of flypad material and felt a burning/pain in right groin. At the time of injury the injured received a medical exam. They returned to work with no lost time until 05/18/2021, when surgery was performed.
Injured was hanging a cable. They slipped and fell on right knee and ankle.
Injured was setting a timber. Missed wedge with hammer hitting middle finger on right hand. Timber fell, pinched hand to top.
The employee got out of a moving rail car and fell to the ground causing muscle strain and bruising.
Employee stated: was putting shims in the feeder conveyor chain, and the jack came loose pinching employee's left index finger between the shims.
While loading a shuttle car with the continuous mining machine a piece of rock came off the conveyor chain and hit the shuttle car and bounced into the employees upper lip
Hanging equipment cables across the # 2 heading intersection with yellow tie wire and the tie wire broke and caused the cables to strike employee in the left shoulder and neck area.
Using a 20 pd. sledge hammer to knock block to install a mandoor and the block busted and the hammer went thru the stopping while employee was holding onto it and struck employee's finger on the side of a sharp piece of the block. Employee returned to work on employee's next scheduled shift. No lost time.
Employee was straightening roof bolt in the bolt hole to attach drill wrench when the bolt spun in the hole. The employee felt pain in left shoulder when they caught themselves to prevent falling.
Employee was cutting insulating material from a cable conductor when hand holding the knife slipped and cut other hand.
Employee was struck in the head by a pry bar as a co-worker was prying on an entrance gland to the main control panel of a roof bolter. As the co-worker was working the pry bar back and forth, the victim moved EE's head into the path of the moving pry bar to look inside the panel. Victim was struck in the head behind the left ear.
Employee was removed a belt conveyor roller. Caught finger between belt frame and roller
Employee was changing scoop batteries. An individual cell grounded against the battery tray causing the battery to produce smoke. The inured inhaled an unknown amount of smoke.
Employee was stepping down from belt tail and stepped on a belt rail and twisted their left knee. Employee did not miss work until 3/2/2020.
Employee was operating the battery scoop (T400-105) while pulling a roof bolter that was stuck in the mud. the employee tried pulling the bolter with the scoop and later alleged their back was injured while operating the scoop to pull the bolter. Employee did not miss work until 3/2/2020.
Employee lost EE's footing when EE stepped on a rock and strained EE's lower abdomen.
Employee stepped off of mantrip and sprained right ankle.