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The employee injured his lower back while carrying big john props.
A T-Channel strap fell from the bolter and struck the employee below the left knee. The strike resulted in a laceration to his lower left leg.
While pushing a roof bolt up to the roof, the employee thought he had the bolt head in the bolter chuck. However, the bolt was not in the chuck, which allowed it to slip, striking the employee in his right forearm.
The employee cut his right forearm with a metal band.
While the employee was unloading bolts, metal scrap cut his arm.
The belt stand fell over, cutting the employee's left calf.
While pulling the belt together, the belt clamp slipped, and the clamp struck him on the left forearm.
The employee was roof bolting at the time of the incident. While the employee was cleaning and repairing the suction lines, he placed his left hand over the suction hole. The steel then fell from the roof, striking the employee's hand.
The employee was pulling a cable when he experienced a sharp pain in his right knee. The employee was placed on restricted duty starting on 3.17.2012. It was determined that surgery was required to repair the damage to the knee, and the employee began missing work on 3.30.2012.
The employee was pushing up a bolt. He hit the rotation button, and the bolt spun around, hitting him the left arm.
The employee was moving a snub roller when he experienced pain in his abdomen. The employee began missing work on February 22, 2012.
The employee strained a muscle in his left forearm while lifting an oxygen tank. As a result of the strain, the muscle separated from the bone and will require surgery to repair the damage.
The employee experienced pain in his lower back while installing a roof bolt.
Picked up something and felt pain in lower back.
The employee stated that he cut his finger while picking up bolt plates. Stitches were required for treatment.
The employee stated that he was removing rock from the miner and pulled his lower back.
Employee smashed finger in muck bucket.
The employee stated that he cut the top of his hand on a hose clamp while he was working on a roof bolter. Stitches were required.
The employee stated that he strained his stomach and groin area while climbing into a front end loader.
The employee stated that while loading roof bolt plates, he dropped a plate and cut the knuckle on his right index finger. Stitches were required.
Injured employee was assisting in moving a 200' stacker under construction. He was holding a cribbing block against the stacker to allow the forks of an Ingersoll-Rand Telehandler to rest against. As pressure was applied to cribbing block, it broke, pinching his right middle finger between the stacker and the block.
The injured was washing out the reducer on the feeder with a water hose and he pinched the end of his finger between the hose and the frame of the machine.
Injured employee removed the quick-threader attachment from a pipe threader. As he went to place it on a work bench the swivel handle from the quick-thread attachment swung around striking injured employee in the groin. Injured employee did not experience much pain until later in the day.
The injured was lifting a metal door with another employee. During this lift, the employee pulled/strained a muscle in his groin area. Please note: Employee did not begin missing work for this injury until 4/17/09.
While performing maintenance on #1 primary CMI, the injured employee was rolling a flight assembly on the floor. A fellow employee was attempting to separate a flight assembly from a hub. The assembly slipped, rolling into the assembly the injured employee was rolling. The injured pinched his right thumb between the two assemblies.
Employee was stacking crib block, he was lifting and turning without moving his feet and sprained his left knee.
While handling a miner cable, the employee felt pain in his lower back. Please not: This employee did not begin missing work for this injury until 3/11/2009.
The employee was helping charge batteries in the North Section Charging Station. While moving the jumper cable out of the way, he struck his finger on the tin that was provided for fire protection.
Employee exited the mine and was walking to the bath house, when he experienced severe pain in the lower middle of his back.
3 North section #3 HDG. 11-12 blk. while employee was hanging line curtain at face a rock fell, stirking employee on his left foot. He was on his knee at the time of accident.
Last LT Section, #1 Entry. EE was lifting a cat idler for the miner. The pain in his lower back started the next day.
Employee was setting belt drive when he hit his ear on the plate suspended from a cable bolt. EE received two stiches in ER.
Unloading headers from the scoop when a metal ban cut his left hand.