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November 5, 2014 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Baylor Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was pulling a rib in the number 5 to 6 crosscut (near spad 6756). Tripped/slipped while pulling rib and pulled rib on him.

October 26, 2014 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Baylor Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A roof fall occurred in the crosscut one break inby spad 6929, on the K-10 Panel. The roof fall will not be cleaned up. All approaches have been cribbed/timbered and dangered off.

September 8, 2014 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Baylor Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was at section feeder running rock through feeder when he attempted to hit steel bar to activate e-stop. The steel bar slid out by and did not hit e-stop. EE hit e-stop cable which caused a rock to flip over and pinned his hand and cut it.

September 2, 2014 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Baylor Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A roof fall occurred in the #9 entry at spad 6879. The roof fall will not be cleaned up. All approaches have been cribbed and dangered off.

June 23, 2014 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Baylor Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A roof fall occurred in the #4 entry at spad 6869. The roof fall will not be cleaned up. All approaches have been cribbed, timbered, and dangered off.

June 16, 2014 WV · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Baylor Mining Inc · Fall from ladders

Hanging face curtain in #2 entry on 4ft ladder. Ladder leg buckled and employee fell from the 3rd rung on the ladder landing on elbow forcing shoulder upward.

February 7, 2014 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Baylor Mining Inc · Fall onto or against objects

Bolt man went to walk past the bolter after hanging his curtain and tripped and fell into bolt machine.

February 4, 2014 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baylor Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was re-entering a miner cable into the machine when he felt a sharp pain in his back.

October 28, 2013 WV · Coal electrician, lineman FIRE
Baylor Mining Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was cutting the strut on miner with a torch - Flame caught pan jack hose on fire, burning his nose and right ear - Drove himself to hospital

August 14, 2013 WV · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Baylor Mining Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

Welding on a Joy 14-9CM when a piece of hot material went into boot causing a burn on the inside of the left calf area causing a burn. Was not reported until 8/18/13.

July 17, 2013 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Baylor Mining, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

EE was running #3 shuttle car ran over ledge in bottom turning right handed toward feeder. His head jerked back and rammed head into canopy. Has pain in neck and down right side of body.

March 15, 2013 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baylor Mining, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee & co-worker were pulling the cable of a s-car when employee felt a tightening in his back. He finished the shift and didn't stop work until 3-18-13.

February 20, 2013 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Baylor Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Miner operator sitting inby red zone on #4 CM when miner swung toward him pinching him between machine & rib.

February 4, 2013 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Baylor Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

A piece of draw rock fell out of the top and struck operator on top of the left hand

January 25, 2013 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Baylor Mining, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

Traveling the face area, ice between 3 & 4 entry slight grade covered with ice. Employee went through fly pad slipped on ice landing on his back on his SCSR.

January 10, 2013 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baylor Mining, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE was pulling on miner cable and strained/pulled muscle in his back. Did not go to the hospital until 1/14/2013

December 12, 2012 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Baylor Mining, Inc. · Unclassified, insufficient data

Around 10:20 AM EE came outside - had crawled nearly 4000 ft - could not tell management why or how he had gotten outside. In the absence of any apparent injury, he was sent home for the remainder of the day. Later that evening we learned he was kept overnight at hospital for observation. He made the statement he had bumped his head earlier.

December 5, 2012 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baylor Mining, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Bolting top caught tip of finger on roof plate.

November 14, 2012 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baylor Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Victim was getting rock off miner felt pain in lower abdomen.

July 23, 2012 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Baylor Mining, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

EE was cleaning #3 Roadway with scoop cut his head on back of scoop deck in low top.

July 12, 2012 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baylor Mining, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Was supplying glue to bolter-putting box of glue in tray hurt back while lifting.

June 4, 2012 WV · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baylor Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Next to forklift charger loading bags dust or rock dust right testicle felt like it tore. Another EE was loading the same time as IEE was loading.

June 1, 2012 WV · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baylor Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Victim was plastering on intake stopping when he stood up he felt a sharp pain in his right thigh.

May 21, 2012 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baylor Mining, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was pumping grease in miner conv. grease jack when grease fitting blew out, throwing grease into both eyes.

April 27, 2012 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Baylor Mining, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee was between #3 and #4 entries, 1 break outby. S/C came through flypad and hit employee's ride, knocking it into him.

February 14, 2012 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baylor Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Working on end loader hit from behind by cylinder and knocked into frame.

November 14, 2011 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Baylor Mining, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall occurred in the #8 intersection 1 Break outby spad 4066. All accessible entries leading into the fall area have been supported and dangered off, and will not be cleaned up.

November 7, 2011 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baylor Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Supplying roof bolter, carrying roof bolts from scoop to bolter. Twisted and felt sharp pain in lower right side of back

November 1, 2011 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Baylor Mining, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While cutting miner cable to make a splice, blade slipped, cutting the inside of his left middle and ring finger.

October 20, 2011 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baylor Mining, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

While pulling a cable, strained left lower back - did not seek medical attention until 10/24/11.

October 20, 2011 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Baylor Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Cutting belt strings off bottom roller, utility knife slipped and cut top of left hand.

September 30, 2011 WV · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Baylor Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

Slipped getting out of 602 Scoop and straddled seat and frame scrape in groin area.

August 16, 2011 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Baylor Mining Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

While holding cables to hand up, stepped off small ledge, left knee bent backwards.

July 5, 2011 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Baylor Mining Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

He was getting out of shuttle car and tripped over his own two feet, landing on his left wrist.

April 11, 2011 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Baylor Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Bolting with twist steel and it hung up trying to pull steel out of top some how canopy hit him on the back of his head, was nothing wrong with the jacks.

March 19, 2011 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baylor Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Injured employee was lifting the miner cable up to be hung by another employee. When he said he felt a pain in his neck and shoulder.

March 14, 2011 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Baylor Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stated that he was helping to make a belt splice when he was struck by the hammer used to drive the belt nails. Co-worker was wielding the hammer and accidentally hit EE's right middle finger.

March 10, 2011 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Baylor Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Laying track tightening up bolts in fish plates pulled muscle in lower part of stomach.

February 20, 2011 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baylor Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Was loading oxygen tank - oxygen slipped and smashed little finger on left hand between tand and frame of mantrip.

February 1, 2011 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Baylor Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

During a weekly examination by ee of the right return it was discovered that a roof fall had occurred on Panel 6 at spad #1525. Stopping were installed and removed to allow the return to be safely traveled in its entirety. All accessible entries leading into the fall area have been supported and dangered off.

January 27, 2011 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Baylor Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

The victim received fatal injuries and was found in the #4 belt head chute. There were no eyewitnesses. The circumstances surrounding and the cause of the accident are under investigation.

January 3, 2011 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Baylor Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

Employee had been shoveling belt, hit his head on uneven mine roof, hurting the back of his neck. Stated his neck was already hurting due to a previous non-work related injury.

November 26, 2010 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baylor Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was walking up steps at office and supply room when he felt sharp pain in lower back and legs - knees.

October 26, 2010 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Baylor Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall found during weekly exam. Found in an autby area of the right return approximately 1000 ft from the working section. 1 break inby spad #1048. The fall does not affect travel or ventilation. The area has been hangered off and supported.

September 23, 2010 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Baylor Mining Inc · Rubbed or abraded

While moving the left roof bolter, employee was crawling and hurt his left knee.

September 14, 2010 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Baylor Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

The diesel mantrip was traveling into the mine with the crew aboard. It fell off the rail jarring the employee who complained with pain in his lower back.

August 31, 2010 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baylor Mining Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

While shoveling on # 3 belt EE pushed the shovel into debris on bottom and strained his left shoulder.

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