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Employee was using poor posture and technique while handling cables and shoveling.
On 4/30/25 employee was lowering a cribbing block and felt pop in arm resulting in torn bicep tendon. On 5/7/25 an outpatient procedure was done, and employee was taken off work. First shift missed was 5/9/25.
Miner was washing TT1.They shut the nozzle off and pulled on the hose. The miner was holding the hose 2 feet away from the nozzle. The nozzle appears to have contacted a beam and turned on. When it energized, it flipped the nozzle up impacting the nose and mouth area resulting in a laceration at the base of the left nostril. Miner received three stitches on the laceration.
Employee was removing a turbo from engine of a Komatsu 600. Part became dislodged from mounting surface & struck the employees left pinky finger. Employee was transported to hospital for stitches to repair laceration & returned to work next date.
After employee finished installing both belt splice hinges onto conveyor belt, EE then proceeded to pick up the nails that break off the splice rivets after installation. While doing this, EE struck EE's hand on the corner of the splice fixture causing laceration to palm.
On 3/2/24 Miner was helping unhook a cable from a truck. The cable shifted unexpectedly and hit the Miner's right thumb. On 3/5/24 the Miner's thumb was diagnosed as fractured, and an outpatient procedure and physical therapy will be performed. Miner was allowed to return to work and perform normal duties.
On 1/29/24 Employee was adjusting width of manual forks of the versa handler. The forks slid unexpectedly and pinched the employees left pinky finger between fork and frame. This resulted in a fracture and stitches. No workdays were missed.
Employee overexerted their back while turning a cutterhead.
Employee was helping others to manually turn the cutterhead on highwall mining cutter module for servicing when employee felt a "pop" in lower back.