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The EE was helping put the conveyor chain of a C/M together. EE was hitting a master link pin with a small sledge. When EE hit the pin a small splinter of metal hit EE in the right pinky finger.
An Examiner found a Roof fall in the #5 belt entry. The fall was called into the MSHA Hotline at 2:35 A.M.
An employee was walking a belt line and EE slipped mid step, EE felt pain in EE's back.
An Examiner was traveling the 1st North Submain 4 belt Intake, examiner was looking for a broken phone line and found a roof fall in the #7 and #8 entry. The Roof Fall was immediately called into the 1-800 MSHA Hotline.
An employee was transferring from a cricket to a mantrip. While the employee was exiting the cricket it rolled pinching the employees leg.
An EE was retreiving rail, as EE was loading the rail onto the rail car a stick of rail rolled over and pinched the bottom of EE's right middle finger causing a laceration.
The EE was bending roof bolts. EE felt a pain in Scrotum and lower abdomen.
An employee was tramming a scoop loaded with supplies to load a roof bolter. As the employee trammed around the corner of the crosscut, EE grabbed the scoop canopy to pull self up and reposition self. The employee scrapped EE's finger between the scoop canopy and the coal rib, lacerating EE's finger. The employee received 7 sutures.
Am employee was releasing a chain binder on a flinger duster with a roof bolter wrench. When the binder came loose the wrench hit the employee in the forehead causing a laceration. The employee was taken to the Emergency Department and received 9 stitches, then was released to come back to work with no restrictions.
The weekly Examiner was traveling the 1ST North Submain #5 belt #13 cross cut and found a roof fall in the #1 and #2 Entry. This area is in the old works return.
An employee was jerking on ventilation curtain that was tangled in miner cable. The employee stated ee went to take a step after retrieving the curtain and felt pain in back that caused ee to drop to ee knees.
An Examiner was traveling to MMU 001 section and found a fall in the #3 entry spad #12+60 on 5 belt. MSHA Hotline was called at 1:15 A.M. to report the fall. The fall damaged some belt structure and the outside structure of a VFD drive.
Examiner found a fall in the 65 cross cut at 1st North #4 belt 5-6. No damage to equipment and no persons affected. Management called the MSHA hotline at 4:05p.m.
Employee pinched right middle finger between a slate bar and belt structure when EE was knocking ice away from the belt line. The employee received 3 stitches.
On 11/15/2017 an EE was separating sections of 4" waterline with a crib block. The crib block slipped off of the joint of water line and EE struck finger between the crib block and a fire valve. The EE fractured the tip of finger.
A buggy op was tramming S/C and leaned in to travel around a corner, EE accidentally hit the e-stop bar and stopped the car. it bounced the EE and EE struck EE's arm on the cab. EE was seen at the ER and released with a bruised arm. The EE went to a follow up appointment in the A.M. and EE's arm had swelled over night, the DR. made an incision to reduce swelling.
An EE was using the joystick on a roof bolter to install a roof bolt, the employee felt left wrist pop. The employee received stitches in a procedure to fix the ligament in wrist.
On 8/02/2017 a Roof Fall was found in the Main Return at the 1st North #2 Belt at 5x-cut. The fall was found in the #1 and #2 entries. The fall was called into the MSHA hot-line.
An EE parked EE's scoop and exited to wait for the shuttle car to tram by the EE was standing between the rib and the scoop bucket. The scoop bucket was sticking out past the corner of the rib, when the shuttle car was tramming through the entry and slid into the scoop bucket shoving it against the EE and pinning EE between the scoop and the rib.
A scoop operator, was dragging a structure tray behind the scoop tramming inby. The injured ee was walking behind the scoop and actually walked into the tray, the tray caught on a piece of rail and flipped the tray in the air causing the ee to go airborne. The ee hit the mine floor and the tray came down on top of EE's lower torso.
An Examiner was firebossing the mine and found a Roof fall at 9:20p.m. in the #5 entry at spad # 13+30. The fall was in a fourway intersection headed to MMU 001 at 6 Head (2nd East Submain) 21 x-cut.
A Preshift Examiner, tested the secondary phone system in the Intake and it would not work. The Examiner, walked the phone line and found a roof fall in the #8 entry.
A Foreman called outside to verify the Intake phone was operating. The phone would not work so the employee walked the intake to find the problem. The employee found a roof fall at x-cut 26 in the #8 entry on the North East Mains #2belt. The fall was 4' to 6' High x 17'4 ' wide x 30' long.
A Foreman was walking the 1st North belt and found a roof fall in the number 3 entry.
An Employee stated he was picking up a shuttle car anchor and felt pain in his back.
The Foreman was walking an Intake air course and found a roof fall in the #7 entry.
EE statement: I was tightening a joint of conduit with a 12" pipe wrench and my footing slipped causing my body to twist hurting my shoulder. Pain in my shoulder, Rt shoulder.
The Employee stated he was loading parts to take underground. The Employee mashed his left middle finger picking up a hydraulic pump motor. The Employee received 3 stitches.
A Foremen traveled into the return and found a fall in #9 entry between spad # 4+20 and 5+00.
The injured EE went to hang ventilation curtain, while his operator put up a corner bolt. The EE hanging curtain went back to get nails. The Operator started repositioned the bolter, not realizing his helper came back. When he started moving the bolter he bumped his helpers hip.
The Employee stated that he was replacing an area light on a continuous miner. The Employee started to cut the conduit that entered the area light, the Employee was cutting towards himself. The knife slipped and lacerated his left palm. The Employee received 6 stitches in his left palm.
The roof started working at spad #22+20 on MMU 006. shortly after the roof started working it fell in entry numb 8. The fall was approximately 18 feet wide x 100 feet long x 12 feet high. The fall was at 11:34 a.m. and was called in at 11:47 a.m.
The Employee stated that he was moving miner cable and felt a pain in his right groin area. The Employee is waiting for surgery to repair a right hernia.
The Employee stated he went to help the scoop operator dust the faces. The Employee stated he was gathering the dust hoses for the wet duster and didn't realize he placed his foot under the scoop bucket. The scoop operator lowered the scoop bucket and did not know the other Employee had his foot under the edge of the scoop bucket. The scoop bucket lowered onto the helpers foot.
A Fire boss was walking the belt and found a fall in the#5 entry on the other side of the belt. Spad # was 30+50 off of unit 005. The fall was approximately 30 x 20 x 7. the fall was called in to the MSHA hotline at 6:13 A.M.
The section Foreman went out by to check supplies and found a roof fall in the neutral (#2 entry). The fall was 30'x 20' x 7' the fall was reported to the hotline at 10:32 A.M.
The Employee stated he bent over to move trailing cable for a continuous miner and felt a sharp pain in his back.
A weekly Examiner was walking a return in the 2nd North sub main and found a roof fall in # 2 entry at spad 2+70. It was a four way intersection, the fall was 30 feet wide 25 feet long and 9-10 feet high.
The Employee stated he was replacing the suction hose on a roof bolter. The Employee was cutting the hose to the correct length and accidentally cut his right pinky finger lacerating it. The Employee received 7 stitches.
Employee stated he lowered the drill pot on his left knee. The Employee had no broke bones the Dr. placed him on light duty for a few days.
The intake phone would not work. The Examiner traveled the intake to locate the problem and found a roof fall. The fall was in the South mains in number 6 entry at spad 3+20. The fall was 18 feet wide by 30 feet long and 10 feet high.
An employee was loading weed eaters in the back of a pick up truck, one of the employee's with him shut the tailgate catching the other employee's left pinky in the tailgate.
The employee was Fire bossing the mine and found a roof fall in the track entry on the 1st East submain @ spad 12+90. The fall was dangered off, the fall was 24 feet long x 30 feet wide.
The Employee stated that he was installing a roof bolt and a piece of coal fell out of the roof and hit him in the upper lip causing a laceration.
Employee was struck by or walked into something (he is not sure which) causing a laceration on the right side of his head which required 2 staples. He was released to go back to regular duty.
The Employee stated he was loading roof straps on a roof bolter, as he was placing the straps on the bolter his hand slipped and he caught his forearm on the edge of the straps lacerating his forearm. He received stitches in his right forearm.
Employee was walking air courses and found the roof fall. We called the MSHA hotline at 9:20 A.M. We then cribbed and dangered the area off. Air was flowing over the fall, we pulled our crews outby to start corrective actions.
At 11:50 p.m. the roof fell in the #4 room between spad #'s 2+60 and 3+10. the fall was approximately 18 feet wide 35 feet long and 6 feet high. The area was cribbed off and the area dangered off. The fall did not impede ventilation.
Employee was cutting a piece of belt with a utility knife. The knife slipped and the employee cut his right thigh with the knife. (stitches required)
The Employee was operating an off standard center drive shuttle car, after being loaded by the continuous miner, the employee swung around to the inby seat with out setting his parking brake. When the Employee was swinging around to the inby seat, the shuttle car started rolling and caught his right leg against the rib. The result was a fractured tibia.