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EE went to a 6 inch pump that was not pumping. He removed a valve to re-prime the pump and hot water shot out and burnt his right forearm.
Employee was climbing into the side of the Mack grease truck when he felt something tear in his left groin area. He was taken to the hospital and they found a torn hernia.
Employee was changing bit on the Highwall miner head and a rock became dislodged from the wall and hit the employee and knocked him into the miner head. The employee received a fractured right wrist and two fractured vertebrate.
EE (mechanic) was changing the left track on the D-10R dozer until #L1-1472 when the chain he was picking up the track up slipped and fell on his right foot. He drove himself to ARH in Hazard and received x-rays no other treatment. His right foot was bruised.
A pull down jack was being replaced on highwall drill #7689 when the mechanic got a piece of metal in his right eye. He was wearing safety glasses.
Employee put hand under the endpeller before it was secure. The endpeller struck his right index finger.
The employee was putting a primer box up in the top of a magazine and the box fell down. He tried to catch the box and felt something pull in his shoulder. The doctor put him on light duty at that time. He continued to have pain and the doctor put him off of work until he could see a neurosurgeon. Date 07/26/2011. The employee was on light duty from 05/23/2011 to 07/26/2011.
The employee was trying to hold one end of a auger head when the weight shifted to his side and he felt something pull in his back.
The employee was pulling a pin out of a highwall miner beam, when the pin got stuck and he attempted to pull harder and he didn't use his legs to pull the pin, he instead used his back and it resulted in a strained back.
The employee was airing up a two piece rim for a mack truck. The rim broke and struck the employee in the upper part of his left arm, this broke his arm.
EE was moving a 3" water pump from old pit area, pulling muscles in her back.
Service man was taking a cap off to put a hose on a tank and there was some pressure behind it. The oil sprayed in his face and eyes.
Injury said to foreman that his back was hurting before the shift started. he started to do invetory that morning and picked up a box out of the magazine and went to the ground. he said he was hurting in his right hip and back and leg.