Bridger Underground Coal MineCoal

Employee was walking from the tailgate towards the head-gate when employee was stepping from shield 105 to shield 104 a rock fell from in-between the shields and landed on employee's foot. This caused a laceration between the two small toes on right foot and fractured the small toe.

Piece of coal hit employee on hand while pulling shield.

Employee was removing the tin off of a portable building. When EE went to move EE's lanyard to a different place the tin EE was standing on gave way. The employee fell approximately 12.5ft.

Employee was stocking the trays on the roof bolter, when EE's hand was pinched between the mesh rack and the bolt pod. The mesh rack had been set down on an open bundle of bolts. When the plates were removed the bolts shifted allowing the mesh rack to drop down about 1 inch which was enough to pinch the employee's hand.

Employee was walking down the belt line when EE stepped into a water hole and twisted EE's knee

D-rings left on hoses got tangled up while pulling down road, Employee went to untangle, lack of communication between driver of vehicle and employee watching cable. Employee got tangled up and drug down road way.

Injured employee was working on the longwall face, pulling in shields. As the shearer passed near EE's location the tailgate side drum picked up a large piece of coal, the piece of coal hit the pan and then struck employee on shoulder and foot. Employee has not been able to return to regular job duties.

Employee had re-set electrical breaker on a belt winder. After re-setting the electrical breaker, employee reached across the control box to turn the pump on when they received an electrical shock. Employee was originally fully released to full duty but recent medical evaluation has placed them on days away from work, therefore, late reporting of this incident.

Contractor was trying to lift a bolter cable in order for a skid-steer to place a pallet of plates. In doing so,the skid-steer ran over the contractors foot. Contractor was placed on restricted duty as of 04/09/2020. Contractor terminated employment as of 04/14/2020.

Injured miner was giving directions to another miner as they were using shield #3 to free pan blockage. Injured miner was standing under shield #4 when a piece of rock fell and hit foot. The wound required stitches to close.

Employee was carrying old scraper parts, another miner was cutting a lid from a bucket using a knife. The knife slipped as employee walked by, cutting employee's leg. Stitches were required to close the cut.

While building crib, employee got hand caught between 2 crib blocks.

Employee was using an index bar to pry with while removing a stab jack from a piece of equipment & felt burning sensation in both arms. Later, medical examination was sought & showed that employee needed surgery for the repair of the condition, surgery on 9/23/2019, therefore, employee is on days away from work. Late reporting due to the late medical evaluation.

Employee was installing wedges into fiberglass rib pins. While performing this task they felt their eye becoming irritated and red. Medical personnel removed a piece of fiberglass and prescribed medication for the eye injury.

Contractor employee was loading belt structure onto a trailer. As ee stepped off of the back of the trailer onto some uneven floor, ee rolled ankle. Contractor employee is placed on restricted duty.

Roof Fall in the #3 entry, crosscut #10,from crosscut going inby, of the 5th Left longwall section. Approximate dimensions of the roof fall: 60 ft (length) 8 to 15 ft. (high) and 18 ft (wide). Exact time of the roof fall is unknown.

Employee was lifting a belt roller, the roller slipped and while catching the roller they felt pain in the shoulder and arm. Employee was referred to an orthopedic doctor and following an MRI review (09/18/2018) it was determined they required surgery (11/01/2018) for the injury.

Employee was removing wires from a communication box, the box was sitting on a table. The employee used a razor knife to cut a couple of wires, the knife slipped and cut employees wrist area. The wound required stitches and employee was placed on restricted duty.

A roof fall was discovered during weekly examination on November 27, 2017. The fall is located in the Main North section, crosscut #14 between entries #3 and #4. Approximate dimensions are 12 to 22 feet long, 16 feet wide and 6 feet high. The area was bolted with 6 foot resin bolts. The area was developed March, 2005.

Contract employee was pulling feeder cable slack to the feeder breaker. As employee was pulling employee fell towards the rib and land on employee's SCSR unit. The fall resulted in a fractured rib.

Employee was crossing pan line and employee's foot slipped causing an injury to employee's penis when groin area hit pan line.

Employee was working at a surface PC room. While working on the PC they decided to open a garage door, as they attempted to open the door they bent over to grab the middle of the door, as they bent over, left foot caught on some grating causing them to fall forward hurting shoulder. Recent medical evaluation has placed employee on Lost Time from the work place.

A roof fall was discovered in the intersection of Main West #4, crosscut #27. Fall was approximately 23.5' x 23' and 11 feet high. Exact time of roof fall is unknown.

A roof fall was discovered in the 17th Right Section, entry #3, outby crosscut #5. Approximate dimensions of fall are: 18.5 feet long, 7.7 feet high and 15 feet wide.

Employee dropped a beltline down to splice the belt. Employee pushed the belt slack with left hand, while pushing employee stepped backwards onto a 4"" lip in the mine floor. Employee lost balance and fell onto the left hand, this resulted in a dislocated finger.

Employee was removing a Kennedy stopping, the stopping had a mandoor in it. After removing the majority of the stopping, the mandoor rolled off of the remaining few panels and struck the employee on top of the foot. Late reporting due to recent medical evaluation placing employee on days away from work starting on 6-5-2017.

Employee had been performing several tasks during working shift, tasks included carrying belt rollers, picking up/carrying crib blocks and rolling cable. During the shift employee felt pain in groin area and on March 10, 2017, medical professionals diagnosed employee with a hernia. Late reporting due to late medical evaluation.

The roof bolting machine was moving to another entry, there was approximately 15 feet of cable slack behind the machine. The cable reel retracted the slack and the machine began to tram forward, the miner was struck by the cable hanging from the mine roof when the cable was pulled down from the hangers. After medical evaluation, the miner has been placed on restricted duty.

Employee exited a vehicle they were operating to open a garage door, the vehicle started to roll and employee tried to re-enter the vehicle and slipped on the ice/snow surface and a tire pinned a leg. Medical evaluation on 12/19/2016, has placed employee on restricted duty.

Roof fall was discovered on 11/17/2016 in the Main West section, #4 entry, crosscut #12. Approximate dimension of the roof fall are: 20ft wide, 20ft long and 10.5 feet high. Bolting pattern was 5ft by 5ft.

Employee was removing approximately 600 feet of 4"" plastic pipe. They came to an area where the pipe crossed some cables and decided to break a coupler using a hammer. While striking the coupler, the coupler broke and allowed the pipe to swing up and strike employee in the face breaking some teeth.

Uncontrollable Inundation of roof and face material flushed into the panline and shield location around shield 55 on the longwall face. This unsolidified material has blocked passage of persons down the longwall face and in conjunction with bottomless floor material making forward progress of the longwall face improbable.

Employee was using a duke to raise shields, the duke slipped off of safety chain and hit employee's right ankle against pan sigma. At time of injury no medical attention was sought. Recent medical evaluation (10-17-2016) revealed a bone fracture from the incident.

Employee was attempting to straighten a cable hanger clamp using a pair of channel lock pliers. As EE was performing this task, the channel lock pliers slipped and struck EE in the mouth breaking a tooth.

Employee was working in shield #36 on the longwall face. A support (Duke) had been placed from the pan to the shield canopy, the Duke bled off and struck employee on the head. Employee momentarily lost consciousness, diagnosed with a mild concussion.

Employee was helping in the installation of Rok-Props in the 14th Right Section. A Rok-Prop was stood up and was being pressurized when a rock slipped from behind the rib mesh and struck the device that was pressurizing the Rok-Prop. The Rok-Prop fell and struck employee on the shoulder. Employee has not been released to regular duty.

Employee was hanging high voltage cable in the intake of Main West #4 Section. During the process the employee's fingers were pinched between the tub and mine rib line. Employee received stitches to close the laceration and was placed on restricted duty.

Roof fall was discovered in the #3 entry of the 17th Right section, crosscut #4. The exact time of roof fall is unknown. Dimensions are approximately 18 feet long, 14 feet wide and 10 feet high.

Roof fall in the Main West #4 section, between crosscuts #10 & #11, #2 entry. The roof fall was approximately 17 feet wide, 17 feet in length and approximately 8 feet high.

Employee was going to put tire back onto a mantrip vehicle. Went to roll the tire onto foot to aid in lifting, while rolling the tire felt pain in abdomen/groin area. *Recent medical examination revealed a hernia, therefore, late reporting of this accident.

Employee was filling a rock dust hopper on a roof bolting machine. As employee was filling the bopper, the machine trammed on uneven mine floor and pinched employee's foot between machine frame and mine floor. Employee was been placed on restricted duty with a fractured bone in foot.

Employee was standing in a mining section when a roof bolter cable fell from the miner roof and struck the employee's neck and shoulder. Recent medical attention has placed employee on lost time status as of 10/03/2016, thus causing late reporting.

Employee was pulling on a 1-1/4"" water hose, was walking backwards at the time. As employee was pulling the hose, twisted to the right and felt a pop and pain in knee.

Employees were carrying a hydraulic cylinder down the longwall face. They set the cylinder on the pan, the cylinder rolled and started to fall. Employee's hand was pinched causing a laceration to finger. The wound required stitches to close.

Employee was picking up hollow core cinder blocks from a pallet of blocks, as employee was lifting, they twisted and felt pain in their back. Employee was placed on restricted duty.

A roof fall was discovered in the Main West section, #4 entry, crosscut #18. Fall dimensions are approximately: 17 feet x 16 feet by 12 feet high. The roof fall occurred mostly in an intersection.

Employee was walking up a rampway at overcast location. Employee had left hand on hand rail and carrying shovel with right arm. As employee was walking, slipped and fell on shoulder causing dislocation of shoulder. Employee has been placed on restricted duty.

Employee was walking in the reclaim tunnel, as he was walking he slipped on some ice and sprained his ankle.

Employee was pulling a piece of ventilation brattice down an entry, as he was pulling the brattice, he slipped and fell. As he fell he put his arm out to catch himself, he felt a pop in his shoulder.

Employee was installing panels for an overcast and in the process a panel collapsed allowing the employee to fall. EE has been placed on restricted duty.

Employee was cutting bolts off of a Sandvik scoop, he was using a Saw-all to perform the task. As he was cutting the bolts, a piece of metal fell behind his safety glasses and lodged in his eye. He received a eye prescription for the the injury after the piece of metal was removed.

Employee was using a scaling bar to push on the longwall monorail system. As he was prying, he slipped and hit his head on the rib causing him to become unconscious momentarily.

Roof fall in the crosscut #16, between entries #1 and #2 of the Main West section. Dimensions of fall are approximately 17 feet x 18 feet by 8 feet high.

Employee was using a roof bolt to pry a cable tray with. As he was prying, the roof bolt slipped and struck employee on the side of the head. Late reporting due to further medical evaluation (8-14-2015) which placed him on days away from the work place.

Employee was cutting keepers off the connectors that hold longwall pan section together. As he was cutting the keepers, a piece of coal fell and struck him, this resulted in a fractured leg.

Employee was helping in moving longwall's power train, including pump car. Employee was placing cribs along rib line to steer train away from the rib. In the process, he slipped causing his foot to be caught between tank car and rib. He has been placed on lost time with fractured bones in his foot as well as laceration.

Employee was loading dust pipe onto a trailer from the beltline. As employee was loading the pipe, he slipped on the wet surface and twisted his back.

Employee was climbing on to a D10 bulldozer to unplug a heater extension cord. As he was reaching for the extension cord plug, he slipped and fell to the ground. Employee was unable to return to work after medical evaluation.

Employees were in the process of installing supplemental roof beams along the beltline. As they were cleaning the walkway a piece of rock fell and struck the employee.

Employee in the process of modifying a beltline roller hanger. Employee began to measure for the proper dimensions for the hanger, he had placed the hanger on the belt structure. As he was measuring the hanger fell and struck him on the top of the hand. A bone in his hand was fractured and he was placed on restricted duty.

Employee was carrying two bags of rock dust on his shoulder. As he was carrying the dust, his foot became caught in some mud resulting in pain in his back. Late reporting due to further medical evaluation which placed him on restricted duty.

Roof fall in the #3 entry, crosscut #13, 13th Right Section. Roof fall was in the intersection, dimensions were approximately 42 x 27 x 17 feet high. MSHA Hotline was called.

Miner was loading a piece of belt structure onto a trailer. As he was loading the piece of structure, the piece moved side ways, he tried to catch the piece of structure. His finger was pinched between two pieces of structure. The wound required stitches to close.

Injured miner was packing 6"" water line with another employee, when a piece of wire, that was hanging down from the mine roof, went under the miner's safety glasses and struck his eye lid.

As employee was removing pin from bucket of scoop, the work was being performed on the surface. The wind blew some dust into the employee's eye. He received a prescription for the eye.

Employees were working on the emulsion line, one employee turned the line off and opened the relief valve to the line. The opened the line up and some emulsion splashed into his eye. He received a prescription for the eye.

Stepping from upper brace on structure to lower brace and foot slipped twisting ankle.

Employee was installing a resin tube into a roof bolt hole on the longwall face. He asked another employee to open the drill guide of the pan bolter for him. The injured miner had his hand between the drill guide and frame of machine. He was unable to return to the work place following this injury.

Employee was roof bolting and just finished drilling a hole. As he was inserting a tube of resin his foot slipped and he fell. His back hit the foot of the ATRS. As he tired to stand up he lost consciousness for a few seconds.

Employee was pulling a conveyor roller set off of beltline structure. As he was pulling, he tripped and twisted his knee. Late reporting due to further medical evaluation, which has placed the employee on days away from work.

Contractor was engaged on changing out 90 degree elbow on ventilation tubing, a ""T"" would replace the 90 degree elbow. He was using the removed elbow to stand on while installing the ""T"". He stepped off of the 90 degree elbow and twisted his ankle.

Roof fall in the Main West Beltline, crosscut #33. Dimensions of roof fall are approximately 19 feet x 30 feet wide and 8 to 9 feet high. Roof fall was discovered at approximately 6:15pm.

Employee was opening a mandoor located within the airlock equipment doors. The outer set of doors were open. As he opened the door he fell on his knee caused by the air pressure. He later sought medical attention and has been placed on restricted duty. Late reporting due to the medical attention that he later sought.

Initial injury occurred on 6/29/2004, when employee was operating a scraper water wagon. The employee drove through a rough spot in roadway causing pain in his neck. Employee is currently complaining of numbness in his hands caused by the injury in 2004 and is unable to return to work.

Employee was engaged in repairing a hydraulic cylinder of a shield on the longwall face. As he was aligning the cylinder, the cylinder slipped and fractured his finger against toe of the shield.

An unplanned roof fall was discovered by the weekly examiner. This occurred in the 10th right entry 1 between x/c's 7 & 8. The roof strata was comprised of silt stone, carbonous material and unsolidified mud. Fall was below the anchor zone of the roof bolts and material fell from around the bolts. This was the secondary escapeway for inby sections.

Employee was tightening trusses that had been installed on a previous shift. while he was pushing the truss gun onto the cable he caught his head between the roof and the truss cable and the operator of the gun control activated the hydraulic function tightening the cable.

Employee was advancing continuous miner cable, as he was performing this task he felt pain in his stomach area. Employee did not seek medical attention at the time of the incident. Recent medical evaluation determined he suffered a hernia, the hernia was repaired on November 2, 2015.

Employee was lifting the cab of a skid steer loader to get filter numbers. As he was lifting the cab he felt a pain in his abdomen / stomach area. It was determined that he had a hernia. The hernia was repaired and employee was placed on restricted duty.

Employee was performing fireboss duties, as he was walking past a belt drive location he slipped and felt pain in his knee. He has been placed on restricted duty.

Employee was walking away from a shop car, as he was walking he slipped causing his knee to twisted. He has been placed on restricted duty.

Employee was installing a piece of skirting around a seat base of Getman Tow vehicle. During the installation of the skirting the employee felt a pop in his elbow. He has been placed on restricted duty.

Employee was straightening out some 1"" hose, as he was bending down he felt a pop and then pain in his back. He was released back to regular duty following the incident but has since seek further medical attention. He has been placed on restricted duty. Late reporting due to the later medical attention which placed him on restricted duty.

Contractor was handeling roof mesh material, a piece of the mesh hung up and the contractor attempted to free the mesh by pulling with more force. His shoulder dislocated while trying to free the roof mesh.

Contractor was using a chain hoist to lift mesh up, the chain hook dislodged and hit him in the side of the face. The individual could have been knocked unconscious for a few seconds.

Contractor was in the process of hanging beltline bottom rollers. As he was lifting the contractor felt pain in his back.

Contract employee was using a cutting torch on the Main West four head roller when a hot piece of slag went into the employee's mouth. Employee was was restricted to light duty for one shift.

Roof fall 70 feet inby crosscut #13, #1 entry, 9th Right Section. The fall was approximately 16 feet wide, 17 feet long and 8 feet high.

Roof fall at crosscut #1, 7th Right Sub-Mains, entry #5. Approximate dimensions: 18 feet wide, 19 feet long and 12 feet high.

Roof Fall at crosscut #18, Main West section, #3 entry. Approximate dimensions: 20 feet wide, 30 feet long, and 10 feet high.

Employee was operating a tow vehicle, as the vehicle was traveling it hit a hole in the roadway causing the employee to hit his hit on the cab of vehicle. Employee was placed on restricted duty on 10/22/2013.

Employee was on the longwall face where the shearer was cleaning up the tailgate area. As the shearer was leaving tailgate area towards the headgate a 4"" line was struck by shearer and the 4"" line pinched employee against a shield.

Contractor was lifting a Kennedy mandoor onto a trailer, the mandoor slipped while in his grasp and the edge of the door cut his hand. His laceration required stitches to close and was placed on restricted duty.

Two contractors were replacing screw jacks, in the process of handling one of the jacks, it slipped from one contractor's grasp and hit him on the foot. He has been placed on restricted duty.

Contractor was roof bolting, his top drill steel became stuck in the roof mesh, while bringing steel down, the wrench came out of the chuck, he reached to put wrench back in place and the drill steel struck his fingers. He was placed on restricted duty.

Employee was helping in the setting of screw jacks in the beltline entry. The tube portion of the jack was set up right and they were placing the screw portion onto the tube portion. Employee's thumb was caught between the two pieces. He has been placed on restricted duty.

Employee was changing wheel unit on shuttle car, he was using an Allen wrench to remove bolts. In removing the bolts he felt pain in his shoulder and the pain increased as he removed the next bolt after Allen wrench slipped. This has been a chronic situation with employee, this is being deemed an illness.

Employee was helping with miner cable, he had just pulled the cable into a crosscut. Employee had pulled on mesh and a piece of rib struck the employee. Employee was placed on restricted duty.

Contractor was helping in the installation of water line. He was asked to get components for the water line, contractor turned around and slipped and then felt pain in his back.

A roof fall occurred in the 10th Right Section, #2 Entry, #7 crosscut, in an intersection. The fall measured approximately 17 feet wide by 16 feet long and approximately 8 feet high. The roof fall was reported to the MSHA Hotline.

Employee was walking in the 11th Right Section, while walking in muddy conditions, he lifted his foot and felt pain in his back and leg. Further medical examination on 7/24/2013 placed the employee on restricted duty resulting in late reporting of this injury.

Employee was removing a discharge hose from a water pump, the hose end flew up and struck employee in the face. The laceration required stitches to close.

2 employees were dragging a pump, controller and power cable along the offside of the belt, Employee tripped and tried to catch himself. Within doing so he hurt his lower back.

A roof fall occurred on the longwall recovery face in 8th Right section crosscut #10, the fall was over anchorage. Dimensions of fall are approximately 27'long x 5'wide and height is unknown. The fall was on the LW recovery face at shields 71 thru 75. The contained material fell from the face and leaned up against the Pettito Mule.

Was walking between 220 and scoop which had roof mats loaded on it. He was watching his footing and never seen the roof mats. He ran into them, cutting his face.

Roof Fall in the 9th Right Section. Crosscut #13, #3 entry. Roof fall was approximately 18 feet wide, 17 feet in length and approximately 8 feet high.

Employee was walking down the beltline entry, he slipped and reached out to catch himself. He doing so he grabbed beltline components and hurt his shoulder. He has been placed on restricted duty.

Employee was removing a ""T"" off of the water line, after the ""T"" was removed the water line came up and struck the employee in the face. The employee received a laceration to the face and required stitches to close the laceration.

He stopped #504GR to tighten the radiator cap. when he tried to tighten the cap it blew off and the fluid hit him in the face.

While carrying a 50 pound bag of rock dust, employee slipped on his right foot causing employee to hurt his back. He has been placed on restricted duty.

The employee was pulling a belt back together with a come-a-long. When the employee released the come-a-long the come-a-long spun rapidly and struck the employee in the jaw.

Employee was standing beside scoop with his hand on the frame work of the scoop. He told operator to retract push plate, his finger was caught between frame and push plate. Wound required stitches to close and was placed on restricted duty for 3 days.

Employee was loading roof mesh and stepped off mesh onto crib block rolling his right ankle.

A small piece of roof rock fell and struck employee on side of head as well as on his left shoulder. Late reporting due to investigation and acquiring of medical diagnosis.

Employee was preparing to task train another employee, the injured employee started a 3.5 scoop, the machine turned and pinched the employee.

Employee was trying to install a Tee at the water tank, he took the hose off and started to take check valve off when some air pressure finished blowing the valve off striking the employee.

Employee was retrieving a bag of rock dust, bent down and when he stood up with the bag of rock dust he twisted his back.

Employee was helping in the loading of bolting supplies onto the roof bolter. The tray was partially loaded onto the bolter with the remaining portion resting on the push plate of the scoop. The tray slid off of the push plate pinching employee's finger between winch cable and push plate. His wound required stitches to close and was placed on restricted duty.

Employee was changing a hose on a longwall shield, shield was locked out. An adjacent shield moved causing some motion to the shield being worked on. Employee's foot was pinched and fractured a toe. He has been placed on restrictive duty.

While opening cable jacket on shuttle car cable, the knife slipped and cut employee's finger. The laceration required stitches to close.

While setting up the #1 entry for production, a piece of rib fell and struck employee. He received a laceration to his leg, the wound required stitches to close.

After drilling first drill steel he put in second one. When bringing the drill box down along with the steels, the top one fell out of the bottom steel and the room. The drill steel hit the right eye.

Employee was helping in the fixing of a feeder breaker chain, in this process the chain slipped and pinched his finger between two links of the chain. The finger was fractured and he was placed on restricted duty.

Chipping rock floor with jack hammer, moved hammer and rested it on left foot, hit trigger and pushed hammer into left big toe.

Employee was stacking cribbing material along with other employees. The injured miner had just stacked a crib block when another employee stacked a crib block, the block cut the employee's finger, the wound required stitches to close.

Employee was lowering mesh on the longwall face with the use of a hand winch. The employee released the winch, the handle of the winch struck the employee in the hand, this action fractured a bone on the top of his hand. He has been placed on restricted duty.

MN xc #8 belt line painting numbers on stoppings when his boot got stuck in the mud wrenching his back. It was on the 4 to 5xc side of the belt. He was trying to pull his boot out of the mud when he twisted his back.

Setting timber in 8th right crosscut 37 and a piece of coal fell and hit EE in the head causing him to fall to the floor. Employee complained of hurt shoulder right side. The piece of coal measured approximately 12"" to 14"" long by 6"" to 7"" high. Employee was taken to the hospital as a precaution and returned to his next scheduled shift.

After sliding a steel I-Beam, employee stood up and a piece of rock struck him in the head, this knocked him down and he struck his face on the steel beam. He received stitches to close the wound and a broken tooth.

EE was setting up to grade structure on the main west belt. EE was hanging a come along while standing on a ladder when he slipped and fell off. He landed face first, and injured his lower back. The ladder was set on level ground floor to top approx. 9'. Factor contributing to incident was inattention and improper method.

EE was hanging tube when the end fell out sucking him toward the fan, and hitting his chin. EE received a laceration to the chin and required stitches. EE was wearing his hard hat, safety boots, ear protection, safety glasses, and gloves at the time of accident.

Roof fall at crosscut #10, #3 entry of the 6th Right Section. Approximate dimensions are 16 foot by 12 feet wide and 8 to 9 feet high.

Employee was cleaning up around the head gate area of the longwall, a timber broke/fell and struck employee in the back causing a aggravation of an old injury. He was originally fully released from the doctor, but later additional, medical attention required employee to not report to work, lost time. Late reporting due to the later medical attention.

Two employees were lifting a piece of 1"" plate steel, they were carrying it from the ground into the back of a pick up truck. One employee slipped in the snow, this allowed the plate to fall onto the injured miners foot. The injured miners foot was bruised from inby the steel toe portion of the boot. He was placed on restricted duty for two days.

Roof fall at crosscut #1 of the 7th Right Mains Section. The fall was in the #3 beltline entry. Dimensions are approximately 19 feet, by 19 feet and approximately 13 feet high.

Packing roller MW#21 tripped with roller on shoulder, fell, roller struck right hand cutting pinky finger on joint that connects to hand.

Employee was roof bolting in the 8th right section installing belt hangers in the mine roof. Employee was trying to recover a belt hanger from a bent roof bolt when the hanger fell of the bolt striking the employee in the mouth. The impact to the employees mouth loosened his front teeth.

EE reports he was shoveling on the tailgate of the long wall when they heard some rock falling and took off running and tripped over one of the shoes on the longwall system falling and straining his neck and back.

While pushing in panline in the tailgate with shield 130 and 129, a piece of rock fell over gob plate and struck employee in knee. Late reporting due to further needed medical evaluation. He has been placed on restricted duty.

EE was cleaning under the belt with a ditch which. He then went to scoop another load when the back of the machine lifted and pinched his finger on a bracket. From the bracket to the floor is 54"". From his hand positioning to the floor is 52"". Tow inches of space for his hand placement. The right hand thumb was crushed between the structure and the machine.

Employee was using a razor knife to open a jacket on a electrical cable, he was cutting away from himself but the knife slipped cutting his thumb. Stitches were used to close the cut.

While walking down the longwall face, employee tripped and hit his finger on a piece of coal, fracturing his little finger. Late reporting due employee not seeking medical attention until 06/30/2011

A roof fall was found in the 6th Right Section at crosscut #56, #2 entry. The fall was approximately 9 to 10 feet high, and approximately 16 feet by 16 feet.

While roof bolting and helping to move miner cable, employee felt something in his eye. His eye was washed out several times, on March 11th, employee sought medical attention, a small piece of material was found in his eye. He received prescription medication as a precaution against infection. He was wearing glasses with side shields.

Roof Fall in the Main West Section. Location is between entries #4 and #5, crosscut #33 of the Main West Section. Fall is approximately 10 feet high, 30 feet long, 14 feet wide.

While welding some hot slag fell onto some water on the mine floor. The water caused the slag to pop back up behind employee's welding helmet and safety glasses. The employee received a prescription for his eye.

A piece of coal struck employee in ankle. Medical was sought, no fracture, told ankle would get better, full release. Ankle not getting better, appointment was scheduled with orthopedic DR., before appointment there was minor re-aggravation. Feb 10, 2011 he attended scheduled appointment, became LTA with soft tissue injury. Late reporting due to medical records gathering.

Roof fall at crosscut #9 in the #2 entry of 5th Right Section. The roof fall was in the intersection.

Employee was operating a cansetter, hit a small drop off causing the employee to strike his head against cab of machine. Doctor excused employee from work.

On August 17, 2010, a roof fall was discovered at crosscut #28, Main West Section, #1 entry.

Employee was spot bolting, as he was inserting the resin he felt pain in his back.

Employee was installing clips on a Kennedy stopping, he was using a ladder in performing this task. The ladder settle in the mud, employee grasp a panel, cutting his finger. The injury required stitches to close.

Employee had been taking coal samples and placing them in 55 gallon barrels. Next morning he noticed a bulge in his abdomen. Later, employee sought medical attention and was diagnosed with a hernia. Hernia has been repaired.

While bolting ribs, employee twisted his back as he was installing a truss bolt. Medical attention was not sought until July 19, 2010 and at that time he was placed on restricted duty.

Employee was loading a trailer with supplies, dust rolled back under safety glasses into miners eye.

Employee alleged that he hurt his shoulder as he was pushing up on ventilation tubing that was hanging from the roof of the mine. On 7-21-2010, the employee received treatment for impingement syndrome and supraspinatus tendontis, with the impingement as a result of chronic bone spurs. This is being classified as an illness.

Injured worker and fellow worker were pulling up water hose in preparation to wash equipment on the longwall. As the hose was being pulled the valve caught causing the hose to turn on. The hose whipped up and struck employee. The employee received stitches, broken tooth and time away from work.

Employee was in the process of moving ventilation tubing, during this process a piece of cap rock fell and struck the employee in the head. Medical personnel has placed the employee on restricted duty as precautionary due to the possibility of a slight concussion.

Employee was stepping from a vehicle, did not notice drop in floor level. As his feet engaged the floor, he felt pain in his back. He was released to work but the condition continued to worsen. Employee received surgery on May 10, 2010, causing this to be a lost time. Medical professionals had to advise whether this was an illness or injury before reporting.

Employee was in process of repairing long wall shield, he accidentally turned on a valve supplying pressurized emulsion to a hose that he was going to hook up to the shield. The pressurized hose struck employee in the head and also put emulsion into his eye. He received prescription medication for his eye.

While attempting to free up the gearing of a hoist with the use of a screw driver, the screw driver slipped allowing employees finger to come in contact with one of the gears of the hoist. Employees finger was cut, requiring stitches.

On December 09, 2009, a fire was discovered in an outcrop area of a coal seam. The fire was not in the coal seam being mined. The fire was not extinguished in required time frame, therefore, the fire was reported.

Coal fines fell off of crossunder striking employee in eye.Employee was given prescription medication for his eye.

While getting down from a piece of equipment, employee stepped onto the ground and released his hands from the machine. As his weight transferred to his foot, employee twisted his ankle. Further medical evaluation, at a later date, determined this to be a restricted duty case.

Employee was performing permissiblity on a diesel powered rock duster. Employee posisioned him self in a pinch point. The ending result was employee received a fractured left wrist. This is a lost time accident

On 10/10/09 there was a roof fall at XC 30 #3 entry Main West. There was no known indication prior to roof fall.

While pulling up monorail slack, a piece of a clip became stuck in the monorail. Employee used a screwdriver to free the monorail roller. After freeing the roller, the roller rolled back over his fingers, cauing a fracture to two fingers.

On June 2, 2009, employee mentioned to his supervisor that he felt pain in his elbow. After extensive medical evaulation, medical professionals determined that the employee has cubital tunnel syndrome. The employee underwent surgery for relief of this chronic condtion on August 21, 2009. Therefore, we are reporting this as an occupational illness.

Severe weather started to move into the area around the coal mine and within a short period of time heavy rain began. The area around the highwall and surrounding drainages began to run a considerable amount of water. The water inudated the reclaim tunnel area under the coal stock piles. Miners had been evacuated from the mine.

Employee alleges that while swinging a sledge hammer on a piece of rock, he felt a pop in his elbow. After extensive medical evaluation, the employee has been placed on restrictive duty. The difference in date of injury and reporting is due to medical evaluation and investigation conducted to determine whether the alleged accident was indeed an industrial related injury.

Employee was cutting a section of belt with a knife. The employee slipped, causing the knife to dislodge from the belt, striking the employee above the right knee. The injury required stitches.

Injured employee was helping in the repair of a continuous miner conveyor chain. The chain became tangled, fellow employee pushed on the chain, causing the chain to flip over. A flight section of the conveyor chain struck injured miner on top of foot, just behind steel toe portion of his boot. Injured employee was placed on restricted duty.

Injury was walking between two roof bolters. One of which was being operated by other employee. The operator moved the machine to drill a new hole pinning other employee between the two machines. He was treated at the hospital ER for multiple bruises, contusions (pelvis, groin, lower abdomen and thighs) and released.

Employee installing hydraulic pump in mobile diesel equipment. Felt pain in left shoulder. After further medical evaluation on March 31, 09, employee was placed on restrictive duty.

While cutting on a plastic bucket with a razor knife, the knife slipped and cut the left thumb of the employee. Stitches were required.

While taking a shower the employee slipped and hit his head on the floor. This injury required stitches. He was released for regular duty.

Employee was turning on a water valve, stood up and fell over onto beltline structure, hurting his ribs. Original medical examine and x-rays showed no rib breaks, later medical evaluation showed rib breaks. Employee is on restricted duty starting February 17, 2009.

While installing a new spring board on a continuous miner using a roof jack to assist in the installation of the spring board, the jack handle slipped out and hit the injured miner in the right upper lip. The injury required stitches.

After employee finished shift, he left in personal vehicle and slid on icy spot and wrecked personal vehicle. Although, Bridger does not agree this incident as reportable, Bridger is reporting in good faith

While grabbing 8"" steel pipe with left hand to position the pipe for fitting with the other pipes, the miner felt a strain i his lower left back region. Miner did not miss any work and has been placed on restricted duty.

Miner alleged that he slipped while walking in entry way and felt pain in his back Was not reported to supervisor for two days later. The miner had been previously injury in mining accident in Utah in May, 2007, resulting a back injury. Investigation found this to be a reaggrevasion of already injured back. This is being classified as an occupational illness.

While tramming the miner around a corner the cable was pulled down from roof striking employee in the face cutting eye brow over left eye.

Employee was unloading 6' aqua pipe off of the haulage equipment. He was located on top of the vehicle. The pipe started to roll, hitting the employee and knocking him to the ground. He was taken to the hospital where he received 5 staples to repair a wound to the back of the head.

Injured miner was carrying a roller along with a fellow miner. The roller got hung up on injured miner's coat causing a poor carrying position causing pain in the lower back. Injury happened on 6-25-08 but no restricted duty until 8-26-08.

Employee was working on the belt line in muddy conditions. There was pipe in the walk way, the employee was walking across the pipe when his foot slipped and was caught between two pieces of pipe. His body rotated and his left Knee did not which cased a tear to his maniskus. As time progressed this injury worsened and requiring surgery, making this injury lost time.

Return off the longwall was being re-habilitated due to upcoming longwall move. A roof fall occurred inby the area of rehibilitation for an area of roof 20 ft. long x 11 ft wide and 4 ft in height fell. There was still a four foot walkway that had been supported that did not fall.

Removing old belt roller. Roller was hard to get out so he was tapping it with a hammer. Employee tried to grab roller when another employee hit his finger with a hammer causing a laceration to his fingers which required stitches.

Employee was working on top of feeder (030101) 4th right section. When employee was getting down from the feeder he jumped the last two feet, lost his footing and hyper-extended his left shoulder. Employee is a mechanic and carries many of his tools on his mine belt which contributed to the amount of weight pulling on his body. Injury has now required surgery.

Employee was packing a rock over the stage loader to put on the pan. He slipped and fell. Landed on his stomach pinching hand between rock and panline. Finger on left hand was cut requiring five stitches.

The top is falling out 9? to 12? out in front of the tips shields #1 thru #5. Top falling high, started out at or about the horizon of the anchor point of the original bolts. #1 shield tipped over 1/3 to ? from being on its side. We installed ?I? beams, cable bolts, truss bolts, square sets, rok-props. However the fall kept flushing higher and higher.

The longwall face was mining through #15 crosscut. Between night shift and day shift the crosscut fell in.

The employee was operating the Tele-Tram. He was following some pickups between the airlock doors. When the truck in front of him stopped, he was unable to stop his machine before the angle iron in the pickup came into his cab and cut him

During the pre-shift examination of the 1st Right intake, a roof fall was discovered in the #3 entry at #28 xc.

The employee was stacking 60"" top belt rollers. He was lifting them with his right hand and as he lost his grip, he tried to catch it with his left hand. The roller pinched the index finger of his left hand causing a cut that required three stitches.

Employee was building a Kennedy Stopping and while he was holding the Kennedy Pannel, the top slid down and the sharp edges, cut the end of his finger. He required 3 stitches.

Employee was shoveling coal onto conveyor belt. The shovel struck the belt and roll jerking the shovel from the employee's hands. Employee reported burning sensation in his lower back later in the shift.

A roof fall was discovered in the 2nd Rt. intake just ouby #16 xc. The fall measured approx. 20' long, 16' wide and 6 to 7' high. The area is wet and the stratta experienced degradation due to saturation.

A roof fall was discovered in the 1st Right section, which is the tailgate of the longwall. The fall was at cross cut #14 between the #1 and #2 entries. Neither travel nor ventilation were effected. The fall was above the anchorage point of the roof bolts (7').

The employee was taking down overhead lights from a belt drive area. He was on the 3rd rung of a step ladder and reached out to hang a cable. One of the legs of the ladder folded under and he fell to the mine floor.