Carnegie Coal

Employee injured lower left back while bending a roof bolt. The injury was diagnosed as a lower back strain.

Hot sunny day. Working under the new fan house blowing holes in a metal plate for a power center. Employee was using torches while wearing all PPE. When completed task, employee was walking out of fan housing. Hard hat feel of when employee went to duck under a 62 1/2 beam. employee struck head on beam resulting in a 2 1/2 laceration on top of head.

Helping the Electrician prepare a cable to re-enter into an entrance gland for a cutter motor on the continuous miner machine, the knife EE was using slipped out of the cable in a forceful motion cutting EE's right leg requiring sutures.

Operating miner when a large piece of draw rock fell from mine roof pinning employee to the floor. Resulting in fractures to back, nose and ribs. Lacerations to face and lip. Was hospitalized and later released.

While operating a scoop a piece of rock fell from the roof scraping the right side of the operators face. Coal height in the area is 30".

EE states that he was pulling on conveyor belt and felt a sting in his lower left side of stomach. He did not report this incident until 2/10/11. He worked complete shift on the 5th - Worked Mon 7th, Tues 8th, Wed 9th, when he left at noon complaining with stomach, but still did not mention any accident Sat 5th. He called the next day and made the above statement

Making a belt move and he said he hurt his back lifting structure. Did not notify mine foreman or the owner. Called owner @ 7:53 am 8-3-10.

Offside bolter man was sitting near T-bar on RRII pinner. Onside operator backed pinner up and caught offside operator with T-bar.