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Employee was passing through the man door under the A-Belt overcast and his right foot stuck in the door. This caused him to lose his balance. As he stumbled, he twisted his right knee and fell to the mine floor.

Employee was installing roof bolts and as he was removing the drill steel from the bolt hole the drill steel struck his right middle finger.

While tightening bolt on railroad switch, finger caught between bolt and rail when impact wrench applied. Crushing injury, right hand, middle finger. Employee missed no work, was placed on restricted duty until 1/24/12 when reevaluated by doctor.

Check top and rib before taking coal section. EE noticed rock coal shell chunk started coming off rib and EE pushed IE out of the way. Chunk of coal hit IE first, then a piece of coal fell on EE's ankle.

Check top and rib before taking coal section. IE noticed rock coal shell chunk started coming off rib and IE pushed EE out of the way. Chunk of coal hit EE first, then a piece of coal fell on IE's ankle.

Employee stated that he stepped in a water hole while dismounting the coal hauler he was operating and twisted his left leg.

Employee stated that he slipped on a roof bolt strap as he was walking to the rear of the roof bolting machine to get roof bolts and fell forward and twisted his lower back as he tried to catch himself.

Employee was installing roof bolts and as he reached up to turn the roof bolt plate as it was spinning and being pushed upward, his hand came in contact with the plate and it caused a laceration to his left middle finger.

Diagnosis of Occupational Hearing Loss, received on 10-04-2011. Employee is off work as a result of an injury at the time of the hearing loss diagnosis, therefore he is not off work related to his hearing loss.

Employee was assisting the loader operator in cleaning up supply yard. As the loader operator was scooping up mud and debris the bucket struck the end of a timber causing it to swing around and strike the injured employee in the legs causing him to fall. As he fell he extended his right arm out to break his fall causing his shoulder to dislocate.

Employee was helping build cribs and some small wood was needed to cap and wedge the last crib. Employee was using a block hammer as a chisel and a pick hammer to drive the block hammer in between nailed wood of a pallet and as the employee struck the block hammer with the pick hammer, a piece of metal flew off of the pick hammer and struck and embedded in his left arm.

Employee stated that he slipped while stepping from roof bolting machine operator platform to the machine platform and fell and struck his back on machine.

Employee was lifting top belt conveyor structure to put on top rail and felt pain in his left shoulder.

Employee was performing roof bolting duties and turning a 16 ft. metal roof strap and the edge of the strap cut through his glove resulting in a laceration to his right hand that required 5 sutures.

Employee was installing roof bolts and T-3 channel and the channel slid off the ATRS and struck him on the right shoulder. Note: Employee did not start missing work as a result of this injury until 12/8/2011.

Employee had his left hand resting on the roof bolting machine divider between the roof bolt tray and glue tray and as he removed the bolt wrench from the drill pot and was placing it onto the roof bolt tray he struck his left middle finger with the bolt wrench resulting in a laceration.

Employee was assisting in the repair of the roof bolting machine in the LOB in No. 2 entry when a piece of rock fell from the mine roof from between roof bolts and struck him on the left shoulder resulting in a fractured clavicle.

Employee slipped and fell at the surface shop and sprained his right ankle and bruised his right elbow.

Employee was walking behind a coalhauler and the rear of the coalhauler bottomed-out and struck a 4" x 4" x 37" piece of wood that was in the roadway and causing it to flip up and strike the employee on his right leg.

Employee was installing roof bolts and stated that he placed his left hand on the roof bolt plate to align it and applied the up-pressure at the same time. His left middle finger was caught between the plate and mine roof resulting in the amputation of the tip of his finger.

Employee was roof bolting in the No.4 entry and had drilled the outside bolt hole when unsupported mine roof approximately 1' to 2' thick fell inby the roof bolter. A piece of the rock fell across the ATRS arm and broke and fell on the outby side of the ATRS and struck the employee on the left shoulder blade resulting in a laceration requiring sutures.

Employee was cleaning rock and coal off top of MRS shields when a coal rib fell and struck the employee's right hand.

Employee was installing top belt conveyor structure and as he was lifting the structure he started to fall and grabbed the belt conveyor rail and felt pain in his upper left arm. NOTE: Employee continued to work until 07-11-11 and started missing work as a result of his injury.

Employee was building a stopping and stepped off of cinder blocks and twisted his left knee and fell when he stepped on the edge of a pallet.

Employee was operating a scoop and was bounced upward and struck his head against the scoop canopy, resulting in pain to his neck.

Employee was using a 16 lb hammer to straighten the bed of a coalhauler. As he swung the hammer his footing slipped causing him to miss the coalhauler bed and causing pain in his right forearm.

Employee was walking between the No. 1 Refuse Vibrator and the No. 1 Clean Coal D & R Vibrator and tripped either on a make-up water line or insulating mat. He extended his right arm and hand and grabbed a support beam to keep from falling, which resulted in pain in his right upper arm.

Employee was assigned the task of breaking ice cycles in the intake roadway entry and as he was walking back to his mantrip he slipped on ice and fell to the mine floor and injured his right leg and ankle.

On 01/04/2011 a pillar fall occurred on the MMU 023-0 section. Water came from under the pillar gob and after two days accumulated in low areas and resulted in the secondary escapeway being blocked. MSHA determined that this was an "inundation". This report is being filed to avoid any further enforcement action.

Employee was operating a shuttle car when he hit a hole in the mine floor causing him to bounce up into the canopy of the shuttle car.

Occupational Hearing Loss

A roof fall was found at approximately 9:15 a.m. on 11/23/2010 in the No. 2 Entry of B-Intake. The fall was approximately 20 ft.long x 18 ft. wide x 5 1/2 ft. high. Five foot fully grouted roof bolts were in use in the area.

EE was bolting on the right side of the 463 Roof Bolt Machine. He reached toward the roof bolt machine tray to grab a half header and slipped off the platform, bruising his right shoulder, left elbow and left hand. EE finished his shift and started missing work as a result of this incident on 11/12/2010.

Employee was moving the section waterline manifold and when he placed the manifold down and against the mine rib, the manifold slipped and mashed the end of his right middle finger between the manifold and the mine rib.

EE was hanging the continuous miner cable when he felt pain in his left shoulder.

Employee was carrying a driveshaft through muddy water and stepped into a hole and twisted his left knee as foot slipped off the ledge. He continued to work and went to the doctor on 09-30-10 and started missing work his 10-01-10 shift.

Employee was installing roof bolts and as he was reaching to remove the drill steel, a rock (approximately 18" x 14" x 4") fell from the mine roof and mashed his right index finger against the roof bolter drill pot, resulting in a laceration and crushing injury. His right index finger was amputated at the middle phalange at the hospital as a result of his injury.

Employee was installing roof bolts, when the drill steel got stuck in the bolt hole in the mine roof. As the employee was reaching to pull the drill steel out of the bolt hole the drill steel fell out of the bolt hole and struck his left middle finger which was resting on the roof bolter drill pot, resulting in a fracture to his finger.

EE was trying to bend a belt conveyor guard with a slate bar when the bar slipped, causing his hand to strike the guard, resulting in a laceration to his left little finger that required 5 sutures.

Occupational Pneumoconiosis - Received diagnosis 07-15-2010.

Occupational Pneumoconiosis Award. Received notification 07/15/2010.

Employee was installing lift cylinder on D10 Dozer. While trying to roll over cylinder caught finger between cylinder & block on ground cutting & fracturing finger.

EE was assisting setting breaker timbers in No. 4 entry when a piece of rock fell from between roof bolts and struck him in the back right side of his ribs. EE finished his shift and had medical evaluation on 06/21/2010 and diagnosed with a fracture to his rib and taken off work.

Employee was operating the continuous miner when a piece of rock fell from the mine roof from between roof bolts and struck him on the hard hat.

EE was repairing belt structure at No. 7 belt take-up when a fire suppression spray broke and sprayed water in his face and as he was trying to move away, he tripped and fell striking his left knee on the mine floor.

Employee was pulling the continuous miner waterline while walking backward and tripped on a rock and fell and landed on his right hand and injured his right shoulder.

EE was unloading a roof bolting machine canopy jack from the maintenance truck with a chain and hoist at the surface shop. As the jack was being raised, and EE placed his hand on the jack to guide it, the jack slid through the chain and mashed his right index finger between the jack flange and the hoist hook.

Employee was preparing to cut strings off belt conveyor rollers at F-Belt Take-up, when a water hose in the area burst and the pressure pump turned on causing the hose to strike EE on his legs and causing him to fall and strike his head on the mine floor.

Employee was walking beside the section feeder breaker when he was struck on his left arm and hand by a piece of coal from the mine rib.