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While performing EE's duties as the auger groundman, EE's index finger was accidentally caught between 2 drill steel sections. While swinging the 5th steel into place it slipped down catching EE's right index finger.
After trouble shooting a fault issue, crew exited base frame of the highwall miner utilizing the right rear ladder below the BPM. Injured was the last one down, as they stepped to the ground right ankle rolled causing them to fall. EE was transported personal vehicle to Regional Hospital Emergency Department. EE is advised to follow up with an orthopedic specialist.
EE was putting chains on EE's pickup truck tires due to ice and snow. When EE stood up from locking the chains in place EE's boot stuck in the snow causing EE to twist and strain EE's right knee.
EE was repairing the conveyor roller head. EE was using a pry bar to roll the head over, the pry bar dislodged causing EE to fall and strike EE's left thumb on the conveyor guard. EE received 7 sutures at Logan Regional Medical Center and returned to work.
EE was driving a pin with a hand held hammer to remove the sprocket assembly of the conveyor motor. EE missed the pin and struck their right thumb.
EE was swinging auger steels during mining. The auger was sitting on a slight slope. EE felt knee "pop". EE said it hurt a little but didn't think anything of it. EE worked the remainder of the shift. EE states woke up in the middle of the night in a lot of pain and could not bend the knee. EE was treated on 08/30/2024 at an Urgent Care.
The highwall miner has just been recommissioned to Little Pete's Branch and is being assembled. EE was tightening the bolts on the super beam at the front of the HWM with a 3/4" drive impact gun with a universal swivel extension. The extension failed and flew apart, pieces of it struck EE on the left side of EE's face causing injury to the left eye.
The transmission on the BAM 3 Auger Machine exploded causing the operator to be injured.
Employee was unhooking the shaft between the motor and the hydraulic pump to remove the planetary for repair. Employee was torqueing the connector with a wrench, when the connector broke loose their hand came in contact with a stainless-steel wire which entered the first knuckle of the middle right hand finger.
The incident was reported by EE on 09/15/2022. EE states that on May 11, 2022 was repairing a conveyor chain during the set up of the highwall miner at the Coal Mountain location when a shard of metal sheared off and embedded in EE's left leg near the knee. EE states was treated at Medical Center that evening where the metal shard was removed.
The T-Bar on the right rear track lifting cylinder broke causing the highwall miner to drop very fast and causing the operator to be jolted by the impact. The operator has a bruise on hip and a finger laceration. Operator was treated and released at a hospital.
Employee was tightening a bolt with a ratchet, hand made contact with a metal burr causing a 2" inch long cut on right hand near wrist.
Apprentice miner & certified welder, EE was helping repair the cutter head. EE lit the cutting torch, as EE laid the striker down EE's left hand passed in front of the lit torch causing a burn on the back of hand. EE was treated by onsite EMTs and finished the shift. On 7/18/19 the blister had broken and it was decided EE should be checked.
EE was putting a metal plate back on the cutter head when it slipped and caught EE's finger.
Employee was sitting pins in the latch coupling of the push beams. EE swung a 20 lb. sledge hammer to hit pin and it glanced off hitting EE's left ankle.
A shard of metal sheared off the chain link while repairing the belly chain of the highwall miner and went through EE's glove into the Right pinkie finger. EE continued to work the rest of the shift and the full shift on 02/20/2019. On the morning of 02/21/2019 EE discovered the wound was red and looked infected.
Employee stepped from the tool sled in the highwall miner pit and slipped on ice causing employee to fall and stove left hand and cut left thumb. Employee's right side was also scraped.
Employee was pulling pins during retraction. When the unlatching jacks raised the latched stuck causing the push beam to raise appx. 4 inches. When the latches came loose the beam slammed down.
We were pulling the hole and EE was stacking the auger back on the sled and when EE stacked the top one it didn't get seated far enough back in the cradle and rolled off the top and landed on EE's right foot.
Employee was electrocuted by transformer power.
EE was on the ground as a spotter while the highwall miner was being trammed forward to the next entry when a sliver of metal sheered off the track from between the track and roller and struck ee in the right forearm
EE fell while performing repair work on the highwall miner. EE bruised left leg about half way up ee calf on the side.
Employee caught employee's hand in the cab door of the highwall miner as employee entered the cab resulting in cutting the end of employee's right thumb
Employee was in process of stepping onto a highwall miner push beam. Employee's right foot slipped as the left foot was in motion to step up. The slipping of the right foot caused left shin to hit the beam.
Mine is IDLE: Superintendent was lifting crib blocks to stage up highwall miner to remove from job site when employee strained employee's lower back.
On 11/3/2015 EE reported to Supervisor, that appx a week ago he hurt his right shoulder while removing a pin from the steering jack on the highwall miner with a slate bar. He didn't think he was hurt at the time but has experienced pain since the incident
Employee reported to Supervisor on 11/4/2015 that he had hit his shin with a 20lb. sledge hammer while securing locking pins in push beams of highwall miner.
Employee was putting bolts in cutter drum w/ 3/4 ratchet, ratchet slipped while employee was putting all body weight on it. Employee slipped and fell while hurting his back. Was not notified till the following Monday 8/3/15 of accident.
On ladder removing radiator cap - slip but did not fall and pulled his shoulder.
Stepped off loader and twisted ankle on a rock
EE was helping electrician splice cable when he slipped and fell.
Employee was pulling a pin from the cutter chain, using a chain hoist. The hook on the end of the chain hoist broke, flew and struck employee's left wrist, causing a fracture.
Employee was using a torch to cut steel plate. When he removed the piece and set it down, it shifted and struck his left forearm, causing a 2nd degree burn.
Employee was striking the cog on the tailpiece with a hammer when a piece of the cog broke off, striking employee in the left forearm, resulting in a piece of metal embedded in the forearm, not removed, but the wound closed with sutures.
Employee was loosening a bolt on the highwall miner when his wrench slipped, striking him in the mouth. This resulted in chipping one tooth and breaking another tooth. The broken tooth required extraction by a dentist.
Employee was replacing shield on a cutter head when he dropped the shield & injured his left hand.
Employee was removing bits from the head of the highwall miner. When his hammer struck the bit removal tool, a piece of metal flew from the tool & struck his left hand.
Highwall failure measuring 40'(H) x 5'(T) x 30'(W).
Injured was using a sledge hammer to help take a cutter chain apart. As he struck the pin, the pin went sideways, thus allowing his hand to strike chain.
A methane ignition occurred.
Employee injured his heel(R) when he jumped from the control room of the highwall miner to the ground.
Employee was attempting to hit a punch with a 3# sledge hammer, in order to repair the handle on another sledge hammer by driving out the wedge. Employee missed the punch & struck his left hand.
Emplyee was replacing shield over cutter motor when the shield slipped and smashed his middle(R) finger.
Employee was drilling an anchor hole with hand-held auger. The auger was bent and caused the employee's hand to be caught between drill and anchor pin, injuring his left middle finger.
Employee was putting pedestal into a pickup bed. While placing the pedestal on the tailgate, he knocked another pedestal onto his left foot.
While walking away from the highwall miner and putting up tools, He stepped into a hole and heard something pop in his foot(R).
While tightening the cutter chain on the highwall miner, EE was struck by a piece of metal that broke off a hammer that was being used.
Employee was driving a pin on the chain conveyor when a piece of metal broke off of the hammer that he was using and struck him in his neck- thus requiring sutures.
EE was driving a pin on the chain conveyor when a piece of metal flew off and struck employee in the left hand, between the 3rd and 4th finger. Employee did not miss work or recieve medical treatment until 8-7-2008, when the metal was removed.
While guiding a pin into the hole with his knee, the employee felt his knee pop and pain shot down his leg.