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Employee was exiting Co. Vehicle when middle finger on right hand came in contact with a sharp object on the headrest. Employee sustained laceration to middle finger requiring 10 sutures.
Removing blade and picked up pin when he strained his back. **Per doctor's diagnosis & medical documentation, this has been determined to be degenerative disc disease. Initial incident reported doesn't appear to have contributed to his condition.**
Employee and a co-worker had been rock dusting and they were pulling the duster hose through the man door, at break 37. Employee stepped on a pile of slate and fell.
This report is for compliance, contractor feels the accident was not fault of driver or company. The truck hauled in a load of dirty coal, bed staged out and load did not dump, passenger side broke loose, driver's side stuck. Unbalanced truck flipped over, truck was level, but when load stuck, driver's side wheels sank, adding to turnover. Coal came from another mine site.
Stepped out of guard house onto pavements twisted left ankle on his way out to do foot patrol.
Working on stoppings, crossing over gob pile, stepped on loose rock, rock went out from under foot and to keep from falling on top of some H beams, EE grabbed a hanging roof bolt and pulled shoulder. Accident 6/14/08 never became reportable until 7/9/08.
Employee was grinding some welds and the grinder kicked back and hit him in the face.
While employee was changing a mop head, one side of the head stuck & slipped across his left hand, cutting his index finger on his left hand, on the knuckle.
He was sitting in truck at lunch time and blacked out and fell from passenger side of truck and hit the ground.
He was changing tires on a 10 wheeler and twisted his back.
Employee was changing out a 72" top belt roller on raw coal belt & strained his lower back.
Lifting a spring he hurt his back.
EMPLOYEE LIFTED A 12"SCH 80 PIPE & SUFFERED A LOWER BACK STRAIN. THIS INJURY WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 3/23/06 WHEN MEDICAL ATTN. WAS SOUGHT.
Employee was working on the elevator in the tipple and it was stuck between floors. When it came loose it cut his finger.
EE WAS HOISTING A SCREEN MECHANISM BEAM. IT SPUN AND PINNED HIM AGAINST A MOTOR SUPPORT BEAM CAUSING A MUSCLE STRAIN TO HIS LOWER ABDOMEN REGION
Employee was grinding - using grinder - & got a piece of metal in his right eye.
Employee sampling on auger platform, stepped on inspection hole cover (metal plate). Employee fell through hole along with metal plate cover. Fall was approximately 9.5 to 10 feet to the ground.
Employee was assisting three others in replacing accuator arm using chain hoists. One man let go of his end and accuator fell on employee's shoulder and neck causing muscle strain. This was not reported to office until 9/12/05 when employee stopped work due to pain from this injury.
Rocks falling off beltline struck subject in the head.
Employee was tightening a bolt & socket broke. His hand hit expanded metal guard cutting 3rd finger on right hand.
Employee was putting idler rollers on a belt & he was jerking on the belt roller to get it in place. Approx. 15 minutes later he states he felt pain in his back.
Putting Bottom Pin in bucet of 992 c. as he rolled the pin to align the bucket hole, he pulled a muscle in his back.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON LOOSE ROCK AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE WHEN HE SLIPPED