Employee stated that while lifting a bag of rock dust, they felt a pain in their lower belly. Work location: Surface supply yard.
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Showing all 29Employee was lying on employee's side changing a torque shaft on the continuous miner when a large rock slid off the miner and pinned employee between rock and frame of the miner.
Employee was replacing a retractable metal chute (sheet metal). The chute slid down and caught a hand between the chute and the slate conveyor.
Employee was loading roof bolt supplies onto the roof bolter when a co-worker threw a bundle of roof bolt plates and caught employee's finger between the plates and the roof bolter.
Employee was shoveling coal onto the belt conveyor when EE felt a pain in EE's left shoulder.
Employee was unloading timbers and one of the timbers fell on employee's foot.
Employee was shoveling the belt when felt a muscle pull in upper back.
Employee was moving a piece of metal to be cut when he felt pain in his back.
Employee was hanging the continuous miner cable when he felt something start burning in his lower back.
Employee was opening airlock door to allow a scoop to travel through when the supply car being pulled by the scoop struck the door causing it to strike employees leg.
A co-worker was setting a 7 foot timber, when he loss control of the timber it fell on the left foot of this employee.
While working on track, the EE dropped a rail and the rail kicked back and struck the EE on the left foot.
Employee was shoveling under the belt conveyor when he felt something pull in his shoulder.
Employee was unloading timbers when a timber fell and struck employee on the right wrist.
While unloading cinder blocks from scoop bucket, employee dropped one of the blocks on his right knee.
While shutting air lock door, the hinge broke resulting in the employee mashing his two fingers on his left hand
A 10' timber fell over and struck the employee in the lower back.
Employee was starting a gasoline engine water pump and got his hand against the muffler.
Pulling miner cable, felt pain in back and left knee
Employee was helping to make a belt splice, when he knuckled the clamp off the crossbar came back and struck employee on the head.
When bending roof bolt, pulled muscle in shoulder.
Loading blocks into scoop bucket and pulled lower back
Injured was taking down 3/4" pipe that was beside feeder and transferring it across #3 belt. Pipe had been used as part of fire deluge system, drive had been removed. As he attempted to move it across belt, he felt a pain in his lower back on the right side.
Shuttle car canopy was being removed because mine conditions had changed. The canopy accidently pivoted and rolled against his back.
The jack slipped while putting boom jack on miner, mashing employee's ring finger.
Pulled back muscle while lifting belt structure out of belt car.
Taking miner and water line, water line fell on employee's left shoulder causing a dislocation.
EE STATES HE WAS UNLOADING TIMBERS FROM SCOOP AND PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
CHANGING MOTOR ON BELT DRIVE MOTOR ROLL OVER ON MIDDLE FINGER.