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Employee was starting to drill for their inside bolt. A piece of rock fell from the outside bolt to where they started the inside bolt. The rock hit the canopy and slid off landing on the back side of their right foot. This caused a sprain to their foot.
Employee was going around a corner on a shuttle car. Their hand was on the handle on the canopy. They rubbed the corner of the rib with the canopy. They caught a finger between the hand hold and the rib causing a laceration that required stitches.
Employee was sitting on a bucket at the end of the boom loading a shuttle car with a miner. A rock fell off the boom and landed on both of EE's feet. This caused a laceration on EE's left foot that required 4 stitches and a bruise on EE's right foot.
Employee was loading plates on the bolter. They turned around and their elbow came in contact with a bundle of plates. This resulted in a laceration that required 8 stitches.
Employee was trying to cut straps on cable bolts. EE was cutting away from self and couldn't cut the bands. EE turned the knife around and was using it like a saw. when the band finally cut, the blade contacted EE's gloved hand causing a laceration in the palm of EE's thumb. This required 6 stitches.
Employee was down on 1 knee cleaning EE's dust box on the roof bolter. A piece of rock fell from between the rib and outside bolt. The rock landed on the back of the foot at the heal. This caused a bruise to the foot.
A non injury roof fall was found on 1 belt break 5 in the travel way. The mine examiner had finished their examination and was on the way to the surface when the fall was found.
Employee was straightening bolts that were laying on the bolter in order to make room for plates that were being loaded. Another employee threw a bundle of plates on the bolter. The plates struck employee's right hand. This caused the middle finger to become smashed which resulted in a laceration to the finger and a fracture to the tip of the finger.
Employee was on top of the bolter on knees sliding plates across the bolter. They twisted and felt a pain in their back.
Employee was using a multiplier to remove lug bolts from a scoop. The socket shattered causing EE's hand to slip and hit EE's arm. This caused a laceration that required stitches.
A roof fall was found during the weekly exam. The location was panel SC-2 #10 entry, 1 break up and 1 break to the left of spad 370. All entries in the panel are common return.
Employee had moved miner from #9 to #6. They had the ropes hooked to the head and pushed the cable into the heading. They went to the head and unhooked the ropes, when they turned around there was a rock sticking off the side of the miner. They struck the rock causing a laceration to the bridge of their nose which required stitches.
Employee was helping remove a flight from a miner chain. Employee was over the chain. Another employee was using a hammer to drive the pin out. A piece of metal broke off the pin, went under the safety glasses and embedded in the Employee's eye.
A non injury roof fall was found during the weekly airway run. It was on the NW parallel, panel P5 in the #4 entry. This was a continuation of an existing fall.
Employee had drill a hole in the roof to install a bolt. The drill steel got stuck, EE was using both hands to pull the steel out of the hole. When the steel came out of the hole, it dislodged a piece of rock that struck the employee on the arm causing a laceration that required stitches.
Employee was running through a flypad, a bolter was parked about 3' from the flypad with the power off. EE hit EE's head on the ATRS causing a laceration the required 4 stitches.
Employee was starting to drill the outside hole. When the steel touched the roof, the bit broke and the up pressure caused the drill steel to bend in 2 places. EE hit the rotation causing the steel to spin around and strike EE's right thumb causing a fracture.
Employee found a roof fall on 1A travel way from break 8 to 16 while preshifting. This is a continuation of a previous fall.
Employee was pre-shifting and found a fall on 1A travelway from break 16 to 17 #4 entry
Employee was swinging in after installing the outside bolt. A piece of rock fell from the top hitting the employee in the right arm causing a laceration that required stitches.
Employee found a roof fall during the preshift.
Employee was drilling a test hole when employee put the steel in the chuck, a piece of rock fell and hit employee's left hand between the thumb and index finger.
Employee was bending 2 roof bolts over the tire of the bolter. EE felt a pain in EE's groin area. EE was diagnosed with a hernia. EE started missing work on 9/24/2024.
That crew was lifting beam up and it kicked out falling on EE's leg. It was 5 and 1/2 feet tall in that area, bottom was clean.
Employee was on EE's knees pushing the battery lids up to do maintenance. As EE was pushing, EE felt a pain in EE's stomach. EE was diagnosed with a hernia and started missing work on 10/7/2024.
Fall was found while make weekly exam. Top appears to be okay in #6 entry, inby and outby the fall.
Employee was operating the boom on the maintenance scoop. A piece of rock fell from the bolt to the rib and struck employee in the back. This caused a bruised muscle.
Employee was on EE's knees cutting out inserts on a miner. As EE was cutting, another employee was using a hammer to drive the others in. They were about 3 feet apart. A piece of insert broke, went above EE's glasses and into EE's eye.
Employee was stacking plate on the bolter. After they stacked the plates, they turned around to see where they were going to step and caught their wrist on the edge of the plates causing a laceration that required 3 stitches.
Employee was using a slate bar to pull a rock off of the miner (the continuous miner was located in a heading). When the rock slid off the side of the miner, they did not allow enough room to move out of the way, the rock landed on their left leg, this resulted in a fracture.
Employee was bolting in #7 heading, EE swung the pot in to put up the inside bolt. A rock slid off the top of the canopy and hit EE's foot. EE did not miss any work until 6/10/2024. Because of the swelling, EE's boots caused a blister that became infected.
Employee had swung the pot out to put up a corner bolt in the first cut out of a break. As EE was getting on knees, a piece of rock from the first row of bolts outby the cut from the outside bolt to the rib striking the side of EE's leg and ankle causing a fracture.
Employee was walking from a power center to the head drive and felt a burning sensation in their left knee.
Employee had dropped the buggy cable that was hung. When employee walked around the corner, the shuttle car operator started the car. The slack that was on the ground reeled up hitting the employee causing employee to fall and hurt right shoulder.
Employee was in EE's first place to bolt that morning. After EE placed the bolt in the hole, EE was straightening the bolt to put it in the pot. EE felt a pain in EE's right shoulder.
A roof fall was encountered at break 30 on 5B belt in the intake at spad 6423.
Employee had drilled hole to put up the inside bolt, when employee twisted around to pick up the bolt, employee felt a pain in the left side of lower back.
Employee was drilling a hole to install a bolt in the last row in a cut. A piece of rock fell from the outside bolt to the rib striking employee on the back. This caused a fracture to the employee's spine.
Employee had just installed cable bolts. EE was at the inch tram, when EE dropped the ATRS, a piece of rib rolled off knocking EE against the bolter. This resulted in a fracture to EE's lower back and a broken bone in EE's upper back.
Employee was using a sledge hammer to remove belt clamps. When they swung the hammer, the handle came in contact with the clamp and caused a laceration on their finger that required stitches.
Employee was dropping a cable, the cable fell and a hanger caught the end of EE's index finger causing a laceration and a fracture to the end of EE's finger.
Employee bent over to move a miner cable from the road way and felt a pain in lower back.
Employee found a roof fall in the off neutral after making a preshift. The fall was located on 2 belt at break 18 in the off neutral in the intersection.
A non-injury roof fall above the primary support occurred on the Northwest Parallel old 7A break 27 left return.
Contract employee was pulling a bolt off of the roof bolter that was under a rock. They felt a pain in their lower back.
EE was loading the roof bolter. EE had loaded the operator's side with plates. As EE was throwing the plates to the other side, EE came in contact with the plates and caused a laceration on EE's forearm that required stitches.
An alliance coal employee from central office was helping straighten up the supply yard. Employee was helping move a canopy post from 1 pallet to another. The end slipped and mashed a finger between the post and a miner drum causing a laceration. This required 3 stitches.
Employee got a Rope Bolt stuck in the hole as EE pulled it out of the hole by hand, the end of the bolt hit EE's lip causing a puncture that required 2 stitches. This also resulted in a broken tooth.
Contract Employee was wedging a brattice with a pole ax. They had both hands on the handle driving the wedge. The handle of the ax came in contact with the block, mashing their index finger. This caused a fracture to the end of the finger.
EE was cutting a zip tie with the utility knife. EE had left hand resting on the machine. When EE cut the zip tie the blade slipped and cut the palm of the left hand.