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Miner was lifting a 2.5'' steel shaft (weighing between 100-150lbs). EE picked it up to slide it into the pulley that was hanging via EE's service truck crane, and when EE curled up to slide it in, EE's left arm/elbow gave out.
Miner was shoveling under the portable plant screen due to a belt overload. The area under there has a low ceiling and is awkward. When miner was bent over shoveling, they heard/felt a pop in their back. Right hand side on the belt line.
Miner was picking up a panel by EE's drill and when EE stood up and turned EE heard a crack in EE's back.
Miner was picking up a piece of 4x4 from the ground. EE picked it up underneath with left hand, not centering the weight, and caused a bicep tendon rupture to the left arm.
At approximately 11:30am, EE (newer hire) was in a scissor lift lifting and bolting sheet steel. While in the lift, the piece of sheet steel shifted and fell, jerking EE in the process. When the falling steel jerked EE, it caused a slight displacement in EE's back and strain.
EE was standing behind a log washer lifting a small screen holding back small rocks. As EE was prying it, a rock flew up and struck EE in the mouth. This caused a left molar to completely dislodge.
Miner was using big bar on conveyor belt of rock crusher machine, rock wedged on machine, worker went to remove wedged rock, right hand slipped, smashing finger against a rock.
Lifting 8ft long chunk of steel, injured middle upper neck.
The employee was pulling a piece of removable catwalk out of an HSI and EE pivoted the wrong way and twisted right knee. The knee is swollen.
The employee was changing the screen on the feeder. The metal plate slipped off the chain and fell on EE's left foot. EE's left foot is bruised and on light duty for a week.
The employee was replacing the angle iron brace on a metal door. The employee was in a man lift and the door swung down and hit them on the head and the top of the bar on the man lift.
Climbed over feeder onto the metal lip between feeder and box and foot got stuck