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lifting a beam for an overcast
A cinder block fell on the employee's left hand while they were repairing a permanent stopping.
The employee attempted to pull a piece of ventilation curtain out of the way. As employee pulled, employee felt a strain in right shoulder.
An employee was preparing to bend down to help take a fender off of a shuttle car when EE noticed a pain in EE's left knee. At this time a final diagnosis has not been determined.
Two employees were carrying a roof bolter axle from the surface supply area into the motor barn. The injured employee laid their end of the axle on the fender of a personnel carrier. The axle fell off of the carrier and landed on the employee's left foot resulting in a broken left big toe.
An employee felt a pop in EE's lower back while attempting to change out a pump motor insert on a continuous mining machine.
An employee felt a sharp pain in their lower back while loading cans of hydraulic oil onto a small personnel carrier.
The employee was loading belt structure in to a scoop bucket on the surface of the mine. While lifting, EE also twisted resulting in s strained back.
An employee mashed the end of the right middle finger when EE caught the finger between a piece of top conveyor belt structure and the conveyor belt structure rail. This resulted in breaking the tip of EE's right middle finger.
The employee was in the process of hanging the continuous miner cable and waterline on the section. Employee felt a strain in right arm pit as employee lifted the cable and waterline.
The employee was working on the operator side of the roof bolter in the kneeling position. EE attempted to raise himself up by place a hand on top of the drill station canopy and lifting. The employee states that with the left hand on the canopy, the canopy slide moved and injured the middle finger on their left hand.
NOTE: This is being filed under protest. The operator maintains that the employee did not sustain an injury that would prevent the employee from performing the employee's normal work activities. The employee alleged that the employee felt a sharp pain in right shoulder while preparing roof bolts for installation.
The injured employee and a helper were rolling a continuous miner conveyor motor on the ground in order to install the motor. The employee rolled the conveyor motor over on to left ring finger causing a broken bone on the tip of this finger.
Note: The employee did not immediately seek medical treatment. The first day of restricted work activity was 5/8/19. The employee was changing the left rear tire on a personnel carrier. As they removed the tire to be replaced, they felt a twinge in the lower back.
The employee stated that they felt a sharp pain in their lower back and legs while shoveling material from underneath #2 drive.
An employee was taking slack out of a chain that was attached to a hook that was welded on a scoop bucket. The chain was ran through a continuous miner head in an effort to pull the head out. While reconnecting the chain to the hook, the miner head shifted causing the chain to catch the employee's left index finger between the hook and the chain resulting in a broken finger.
The employee was attempting to splice two pieces of soft waterline together with a hose mender. EE felt a "pop" in right shoulder as EE was pushing one end of the waterline up onto the hose mender. EE worked with this condition until treatment was needed on 12/20/2018.
An employee strained back while pulling the section scoop charger cable to the power center.
The employee was in the process of hooking up a pull behind rock duster to the three wheeler. The attachment tongue of the duster slid and caught EE's right index finger between the attachment tongue and the ride.
The employee's right thumb was cut when the thumb was caught in the knot of a chain that was being used to remove a pot from a continuous miner.
Employee was lifting tool box to put on a mantrip and when ee turned to put it down ee felt a pain in back resulting in a back strain.
Employee was hanging miner cable and water line using a pogo stick and rope cable hanger. As employee placed the hanger on the pogo stick, the cable slipped and dropped down and the metal hook of the rope hanger caught employee's hand between the thumb and forefinger of the left hand, resulting in a cut that required stitches to close.
Employee was moving an oxygen tank from the supply truck to the storage area. EE felt a pop in right bicep muscle and was diagnosed as a torn bicep.
Employee was watering batteries and had the lid held up with a rope hanger. Another employee working on the other side closed the lid and the hanger came loose and the lid fell and hit EE's right hand resulting in a fracture to a bone in the top of the hand.
Employee was helping install belt structure when his left hand was caught between two pieces of belt structure and caused a cut to the wrist of the left hand, requiring 5 stitches. He was wearing gloves at the time of the incident.
Employee was attempting to reset a breaker on a scoop and his hand slipped and hit a bent metal tag on the panel, causing a cut to the ring finger of the right requiring 4 stitches.
The employee was helping pull cables during a power move and felt a pain in his abdominal area.
Employee was installing a wheel unit on a shuttle car and as he and his helper were aligning the wheel unit, he felt pain in his back.
Employee was helping install a hinge pin in the ATRS on a roof Bolter when the blocking slipped and caught his right hand, resulting in a laceration and possible broken bone(s) in the hand. Will have surgery to repair the damage.
Employee was laying down in the deck of a scoop installing a kick panel behind the tram pedals and felt pain in his back. He was taken to Dr. and placed on restricted work duty.
Employee was shoveling at tail piece and turned to put material on the belt and felt a pain in his back
As employee was loading roof bolts plates onto a bolter he hit his right arm near his elbow on a bundle of plates lying on the machine and received a laceration that took 7 sutures to close the cut.
Employee was unhooking a set of jumper cables for a scoop battery charger and as he pulled on the cables the cat head came uncoupled and hit him over the right eye causing a small laceration that took two sutures to close. Employee missed no work and is working his regular job.
Employee was stacking a brattice up and as he was installing a door a small part of the brattice fell and hit him. Employee is on restricted duty and the days of restriction will be reported when he returns to full duty work.
Employee asked his helper for a pinner steel extension. As he tossed the extension across the front of the bolter it hit the t-bar and glanced hitting him in the lip that caused a laceration that took sutures to close. He returned to his bolter job the next shift.
On January 3,2012,employee reported a strained abdomen while helping pull rock off the miner. Did not go to Dr. and Company was not aware of any diagnosis. July 7, 2014, employee informed the Company he was having hernia surgery on July 11,2014. After review, it was found that the employee had been diagnosed by his Dr. in March 2012, but Company was not made aware of that.
Employee was installing a steering jack on a shuttle car when the jack slipped out of his hand and caught his thumb on his right hand between the jack and frame of the car causing an injury to the end of the thumb that required sutures.
Employee complained that his back was hurting after he lifted cinder blocks while a brattice was being built.
Employee was working on the miner and as he was lifting on the rub rail to install it he felt a pain in his groin area. He continued to work and started missing work on July 26 2011 due to a hernia which required surgery.
Employee was on his knees in the #5 heading and threw the miner cable out of the haulway when he felt a pain in his lower back. He missed no work but was on restricted duty for 2 days.
Employee got on a work bench to reach a can of paint and as he exited his left thigh hit the edge of an metal door that caused a laceration that took 4 sutures to close.
Approximately one break underground EE was going through an air lock door when the door came back shut and hit him on the right shoulder. He continued to work and was placed on restricted duty when he was diagnosed with a chipped bone in his shoulder.
Employee was helping hang an air lock door approx. one break inside and as he lifted he felt pain in his lower back. He was diagnosed as having a strain and was put on light duty. He has a return to work at full duty slip.
Employee was in the face of the #1 heading dusting. He was holding a bag of rock dust and throwing it on the rib, top and bottom; as he turned with the bag of dust in his hands, he felt pain in his lower back.
Employee was picking up belt structure outby the loadout in a break and as he picked up one piece another piece lying on the first one hit him above the left eye toward the center of the forehead causing a laceration that took 2 sutures to close.
Employee was hanging the Miner cable in the number 8 heading and as he got it near the roof his left elbow hit a roof bolt on the edge of a brow that caused a laceration to it that took 8 clamps to close.
Employee was pouring hydraulic oil from a can into the Miner and hit a sharp edge on the bucket and cut his right hand. The laceration required 5 sutures to close the wound.
Employee was pushing on a set of air lock doors with his shoulder and when the door opened he hit the other door with his hand, causing a laceration to his index finger that required 8 sutures to close.
Employee was helping put a piece of top belt structure in. He was in the number 4 entry. As he was lifting he felt a pain in his lower back. He continued to work and due to complication he started missing work on Sept. 14, 2010.
Employee's wife called on 6-17-10 and said that EE had hurt his back shoveling belt. No incident of a back injury was turned in at the end of the shift by ee nor did he tell his foreman that he hurt himself. This alleged accident is under investigation.