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EE, WHO ORIGINALLY REPORTED EE WAS RAN OVER, IS AS OF 12/10/2024 ALLEDGING THAT EE WAS WALKING ACROSS THE SURFACE AREA OF THE MINE, AND THAT EE TRIPPED OVER THE FORKS OF THE FORKLIFT, HITTING EE'S HEAD.
WHILE TRAVELING IN THE MINES, EE HIT A POTHOLE INJURING EE'S BACK.
EE was attempting to investigate a problem with a shuttle car. EE slipped and started to fall. Trying to stop EE's fall, EE reached out EE's hand-cutting two fingers.
RIDING MANTRIP WHEN MANTRIP HIT THE RIB ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND COAL AND ROCK FELL ON EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS RIDING MANTRIP.
A NON-INJURY ROOF FALL ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 7:30 AM ON 04/05/2021. THE ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #3 PILLAR BLOCK OF THE 001 MMU SS #14957.
While rock dusting, employee injured his hand cleaning rock duster hopper.
An accident on the date of 2/9/12 resulted in a continuous miner operator/helper being crushed between the miner's tail boom and the coal rib. This inflicted a fractured let femur to the victim.
EE stated that he was taking lids off the scoop batteries when he hurt his back.
Employee was cleaning out rock duster when he cut his finger.
The shuttle car was tramming away from miner up an incline of app. 6 degrees. The shuttle car came off point while tramming and drifted backward hitting the rib and miner before stopping. As the shuttle car hit the miner and rib, the employee was also hit.
EE was found lying on his back. We assume that he slipped and fell on the ice while he was cleaning up at the mine site.
A ROOF FALL 20 FEET LONG, 8-10 FEET IN HEIGHT, 20 FEET WIDE WAS FOUND ON 9/7/04 AT 3:30 AM IN NO. 6 ENTRY 1 BREAK INBY SPAD #2935 APPROXIMATELY 3500 FT OUTBY FACE AREA.
IN THE PROCESS OF LOADING A BELT MOTOR TO BRING OUTSIDE, WHEN EE'S ARM WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MANTRIP AND BELT MOTOR.
EE WAS SITTING IN THE LAST OPEN CROSSCUT, WHEN A ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE BOLTS.
EMPLOYEE WAS RAISING CANOPY ON SHUTTLE CAR WHEN THE CANOPY SLIPPED AND MASHED HIS FINGER.
OPERATING ROOFBOLTER, WHEN A ROCK FELL CATCHING HIS LEG BETWEEN TWO ROCKS.
A ROOF FALL 70 FEET LONG, 6 FEET IN HEIGHT AND 20 FEET WIDE WAS FOUND ON 10/21/02 AT 9:30 A.M. 60 FEET OUTBY SPAD NO. 204.
EE PULLED THE ROOF BOLTER INTO THE FACE AREA; HE THEN SET THE ATRS. A ROCK FELL IN BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTER AND CANOPY, HITTING HIM ON THE HEAD/NECK AREA.
THE MINER WAS MOVING FROM 13 TO 12 HEADING. THE MINER BACKED OUT PAST THE LAST OPEN XCUT. WHEN PULLING FORWARD AND TURNING LEFT, EE WENT TO THE OFF SIDE OF THE MINER TO HOLD THE CABLE UP, SO T HE MINER WOULD NOT GET ON THE CABLE. WHILE MINER MOVED FORWARD, A PIECE OF ROCK ON TOP OF THE MINER CAUGHT THE RIGHT RIB, PUSHING ROCK ACROSS MINER AND PUSHING EE AGAINST RIB.
A ROOF FALL 60'-70' LONG, 6' HIGH, 18' WIDE WAS FOUND AT CROSSCUT INBY SPAD NO. 952.
AS THE BOLTER WAS BEING TRAMMED BACKWARDS IN A NARROW PLACE, EE TRIED TO GET BY THE BOLTER AS ITWAS MOVING AND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BOLTER ANDRIB.
EMPLOYEE'S KNEES HAD BEEN BOTHERING HIM THE LAST THREE DAYS WHILE HE OPERATED/HELPED ON THE PINNER. THEN ON 10/18/01 HE LEFT WORK EARLY BECAUSE THEY WERE BOTHERING HIM REALLY BAD.
A ROOF FALL ONE BREAK OUTBY SPAD NO.1697, 8-10'HIGH, 40-50'LONG, 70'WIDE FELL THROUGH CROSSCUT INTO ANOTHER CROSSCUT AND ON BELT AND HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE.
EE WAS WORKING WITH A CREW OF MEN ON THE CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE, WHEN A PIECE OF METAL THAT WWAS LAYING ON TOP OF THE MINER FELL OFF AND HIT HIS FOOT.
AS HE WAS PULLING THE MINER CABLE FROM ONE SIDE OF ENTRY TO ANOTHER THE PINNER CABLE WAS PULLED TIGHT AND BECAME CAUGHT, FALLING AND HITTING EE ON THE BACK.
A ROOF FALL 210' LONG, 10-12' HIGH, 20' WIDE WASFOUND FROM SPAD NO. 1601 AND NO. 1603 AT ENTRY 34, AND 5.
AS EE WAS PLACING GLUE ON TOP OF PINNER, HIS BACK GAVE OUT.
AS EE WAS GETTING ON A BUGGY, HE LOST HIS BALANCE WEDGING HIS KNEE BETWEEN BUGGIES.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING BELT STRUCTURE WHEN HIS BACK BEGAN TO HURT.
AS EE WAS DRILLING, HE WAS GETTING READY TO TAKE THE STEEL OUT AND APPARENTLY TE WRENCH BROKE/ SLIPPED AND HIS HAND SLIPPED.