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Employee was setting timbers in the #2 entry and was picking up a timber and felt a pull in groin area worked for anther hour and said it was burning employee was took outside and went to the ER.
Employee was plastering a return stopping when the ladder employee was standing on fell over. Employee fell to the ground trying to catch themselves by putting out right hand. Employee hit the ground injuring right shoulder and right hip.
Employee was building a stopping felt pain in lower back and left leg.
Employee was plastering a stopping and splattered plaster in their right eye.
Employee was putting boom back in cradle when hook came loose striking EE and creating small laceration in right side of head
Employee was loading tool box from tool cabinet to the mantrip. Picked up tool box from cabinet and turned around to load on mantrip and felt a sharp pain and burning in lower back.
Adjusting track on D10N dozer, chain broke and hit employee in left hand.
Operator was pulling draw rock off top of miner when rock slipped off machine resulting in a cut to palm of left hand.
Employee was hanging miner cable on 002 section and pulled muscle in right shoulder.
Employee was cleaning and shoveling spillage on top of #1 and #2 raw coal silos while shoveling EE got a sharp pain in EE's lower left back. Injured employee work up till 3/27/2019.
Employee was lifting a beam when EE felt a sharp pain in lower back
Removing sack stand that was wrapped in chains from hand truck the load shifted and thumb got caught between chain & stand.
Employee was moving a miner cable out of the roadway while ee was pulling something pulled in right arm.
Employee was changing rollers on the slope belt went to pull old roller out from under the belt and hurt back.
Employee reached down to grab a hold of a curtain & started pulling it towards the face & felt a pain in stomach. The employee had helped hang a miner cable before moving the curtain. Mine wasn't notified till 10/9/2018
Putting pipe onto belt line walkway pipe fell hitting employee on the left ankle/foot.
injured employee was stacking (6x6x36) crib blocks for section tail piece and mashed EE's left pinky finger had to have 6 stitches put in EE's pinky finger.
Employee was changing rollers when EE went to go underneath belt struck EE's head against a protruding object.
Employee was moving a tube of oil from underneath rock truck in parking lot when EE slipped and hurt back.
Employee was trying to open driver side door of lube truck when handle broke puncturing left hand
Injured employee pulled a muscle in lower back while lifting a I-beam to set head drive on. Employee didn't start missing work till 7/13/2018.
Employee was recovering belt structure when employee felt pain in employee's back.
The EE was lifting on a belt rail on the 001 section #4 belt to install belt structure and pulled a muscle in lower back. The accident was reported on the 4/20/2018.The EE started missing on the 4/23/2018.
The injured employee was cleaning up some metal and got EE's left index finger caught in between to pieces metal and received stitches.
Attempting to remove hoist cylinder. Lifting strap broke. Boom hook came back and hit employee in the head above the left eye.
Changing vibrator spring, the spring slipped caught left thumb between spring and vibrator frame.
EE was working on a 992 loader pushing a bearing in a lift jack and dropped a 40 ton ram jack approx 3 feet on left foot.
EE carried two five gallon cans of hydraulic oil from power box to the shuttle car. When EE sat them down, EE felt pain in lower right side back and heard popping noise.
Employee was pulling on skirt rubber to replace belt conveyor when employee felt pain in upper and lower back. Employee started losing time on 8/30/2017
Employee was loading handrail and struck right leg on handrail causing laceration.
Employee was helping recover belt structure. EE bent over to pick up a piece of structure and felt pain in the back.
Picking up a can of hydraulic oil and injured lower part of back
Employee and co-worker picked up a bottle of nitrogen to carry to the truck they were working on. When employee felt a burning sensation in left shoulder.
Employee was changing a roller on the refuse conveyor belt. Employee bent over to pick up the old roller and when employee lifted roller, employee felt pain in employee's back.
Employee was helping make a belt splice and change a roller out. Employee was pulling on belt roller when employee felt pain in employee's back.
Employee bent over and picked up some roof straps and felt pain in neck and left shoulder.
backfilling holes w/hoe & felt pain in low back
Employee was working on belt structure. EE was pulling on it by hand and felt pain in back.
Employee was putting locomotive on charge. While employee was plugging in the charger battery bell to the batter, employee felt pain in their back. Note: Employee did not inform mine management of accident until 11-29-16.
Employee was shoveling coal at Nole belt tail piece. When EE felt pain in left shoulder.
Employee was changing a tire on a shuttle car. EE was working the tire off the wheel unit, the tire fell on EE's right foot.
Employee was installing belt line. While threading belt line on stacker belt, employee was lifting on belt line and hurt right shoulder and right hip.
Employee was shoveling tail piece when EE felt pain in their left shoulder and neck.
Employee was hanging roof bolter cable and felt pain in lower back.
Employee was loading structure into scoop bucket when EE pulled left arm and twisted back.
Employee was helping pull drill steel from mast onto the boom truck. The drill steel swung free striking door of operators cab as employee was exiting cab. The door struck ee on left side of head.
Employee called superintendent on 2/23/16 from home that EE had been lifting pallets on 2/19/16 and when EE got out of EE's truck at home EE's back started to hurt.
Employee was mounting truck when EE felt a pop in EE's shoulder. Employee worked until lunch time and decided to go to get checked out.
Employee was moving miner cable out of roadway and felt pain in EE's back.
Employee was loading oxygen tank on flat car and felt pain in back.