ADDCAR System 18 HWM Serial No 23018Coal

Employee was using poor posture and technique while handling cables and shoveling.

While attempting to free an air hose coupling from the spooling eye of the reel with a pair of pliers, the hose unexpectedly continued through the spooling device; pulling the employee's hand along with the hose before the pliers could be released. A finger of the left hand likely hit the spooling device or the air hose and caused the tip of the finger to be over-extended.

After the employee exited a pickup truck, his footing was lost on snowy ground causing him to fall; striking his head on the ground.

Employee was removing a rock from a conveyor car when the rock slipped out of his right and two fingers on his left hand were pinched between the rock and the frame of the conveyor car.

Employee was attempting to connect two sequence plugs together when the plugs silpped apart. When this occurred one of the plugs struck him on the right front tooth,chipping that tooth.

EE was helping pull the trailing cable of the continuous miner off of the cable reel in an effort to locate the reason that the circuit breaker was knocking. While doing this his foot became entangled in that trailing cable causing him to fall; and his head hit the ground. As the result the side shields on his safety glasses caused a laceration that required 7 sutures to close.

EE was making a belt splice on a conveyor car and needed a hammer while doing this task. As he attempted to get off of the car he slipped on some snow that was present there and in an attempt to catch his balance, his left hand struck the car's frame, resulting into a hairline fracture to a bone in that hand.

Employees were looking for an oil leak on in the miner pan jack area. In the process of troubleshooting the leak a hydraulic hose blew, spraying employee in the face. He was approximately 10' away and was wearing his safety glasses. He was taken to the hospital to have his eyes washed out and checked. Employee was given prescription eye drops.