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Employee was working on 270 excavator changing bush hog attachment back to bucket. Employee picked up pin to install in back of bucket when he felt pain in his left shoulder. Employee became a lost time accident on 9/12/2014 due to his injury.
injured was helping the miner operator clear rock from miner. he was getting a piece of rock off of the miner when he said he hurt his back.
Employee was closing door latches on empty rail road cars felt tear in left bicep.
Employee was dipping water and bending over and strained his back. He continued to work at his regular job and then started missing work on 8/30/2014 due to his back not getting any better.
Employee was helping tighten the low structure when a crib block flew out and struck him on the left shin. Has been diagnosed with a fracture.
Employee was unloading belt structure rails. Rail bounced off structure hitting employee on right leg and right rib causing injury.
Employee was standing beside the flat bed truck when another employee was attempting to unload a ram car boom jack. The jack spun around on truck and fell off truck and one end of the jack struck the employees left foot. Fractured foot.
Employee was working on roof bolter leveling arm chain, chain broke striking employee on bridge of nose and right eye causing injury. Employee was transported by ambulance to hospital.
Employee stated that he was cleaning up the pad and side walk outside the mine office. He stated that he was picking up small roll of belt and felt a sharp pain in his lower back. He was transported to the hospital and was treated for a pulled muscle and became a lost time accident.
Employee was pulling feeder cable out of the way and into a break and strained his back.
While moving a belt rail, the rail caught the skin between the thumb and index finger and cut him, 3 sutures required.
Employee had placed left hand on scoop bucket after hanging up 6" waterline when, water line fell striking fingers on left hand. Employee received 6 sutures to his 3rd digit finger and hairline fracture to 2nd digit finger on left hand. Employee has returned to work with no restrictions.
Employee was getting a stuck rock out of a belt-drive chute, as he had a hold of the rock, it dropped down and caught his left 4th and 5th digit fingers between the rock and the belt scraper bracket and cut both fingers. Sutures were required.
PICI Contract employee strained his back while shoveling the lolo structure.
Employee was lifting miner cable and waterline and hanging it to the top and strained his back and shoulders.
Employee was picking up a main pump for a roof bolter and the motor shaft cut his left hand between the thumb and index finger. 5 sutures were required.
EE was on his knees picking up TC plaster into motor. EE felt pain in the center and lower part of his back and neck.
Employee was unloading timbers from a scoop bucket and strained himself in the groin area. Started missing work on 3/5/2014 due to swelling and complications that will require surgery.
Employee was pulling on a pump suction line in a frozen pond when he felt a strain in his stomach. he went to doctor and diagnosed with a very small umbilical hernia but employee did not treat. Employee has returned to his regular job with no lost time or restrictions.
Employee was unloading timbers from a scoop bucket and 2 of them were frozen together and he strained his groin while trying to pull them out of the bucket. He has been diagnosed with an inguinal hernia which will require surgery. He started missing work on Feb. 12, 2014.
Employee was releasing a chain tie down from a secured load. The handle sprung back, striking the employee in the face breaking/displacing the bones of the nose.
While lifting a piece of ice off Bonnie Car he felt sharp pain in back and down leg.
EE was bending 6ft bolt and EE began to put bolt into hole he said he felt burning in his back.
While lifting box of waterline out of mud hole he felt pain in lower back.
Employee stated that he and the section mechanic were lifting the miner cable up to hang it across an intersection when he felt a sharp pain in his right shoulder. Employee continued to work until 12-18-2013 when he had surgery to the shoulder.
Employee was holding a piece of belt structure another piece fell striking his hand. He has since had to have a skin graft on his finger.
EE was loading a metal toolbox into a rail runner and when he lifted on the toolbox, he felt a sharp pain in his low back.
EE was carrying bits to the miner and stepped around the boom of the miner twisting his back.
EE was bolting top and the pin steel was caught/fouled in the drill pot. EE was removing the pin steel, the pin steel came lose and struck EE underneath the right eye causing a laceration.
Employee was in mine yard lifting a 3hp pump to bring into building when he felt something pull in his lower back. Employee became a lost time accident due to this injury.
Employee was observing a crew setting roof support beams while his hand was lying on the continuous miner and an employee flipped a beam over and it struck his left 5th finger. Diagnosed with a fractured finger.
Employee was loading tray on roof bolter with bolts when he caught his left digit finger on tray while loading. Employee received hairline fracture to his finger, employee has returned to reg. duty with no restrictions.
Employee was loading crib blocks into the scoop bucket and a crib block rolled back and struck him on the right ankle. Diagnosed with a hairline fracture in his ankle.
Employee was installing a belt on the mine fan and caught his right index finger and middle finger between the pulley and belt and fractured his right index finger and bruised his right middle finger. No Lost time.
Cutting prop setters, went to slide one out of truck and smashed left pinky finger between prop setter and the bed of truck. X-ray revealed a fracture.
Employee was helping move a booster pump when he felt a sharp pain in his back. He continued to work until August 1st when he became a lost time injury.
Employee was changing out belt roller when he strained his back on 7/26/23, employee was placed on light duty on 8/15/2013.
Employee was taking out garbage when he picked up 4 lb garbage can straining his lower back, employee has become a lost time due to this injury. Company was not informed of being a lost time accident until recently due because we were unable to reach employee.
Employee was getting a rock off of a curtain and hurt his right arm. Tendon torn and surgery was required. Employee had surgery and started missing work on 7/12/2013.
EE WAS LEAVING THE CONTROL ROOM IN THE PREP PLANT AND TURNED THE HANDLE WITH HIS RIGHT HAND AND PUSHED ON THE GLASS WINDOW IN THE DOOR WITH HIS LEFT HAND. THE WINDOW BROKE, CUTTING HIS LEFT WRIST.
EE was getting out of scoop to unload a set of airlock doors. EE tripped while getting out of the scoop. EE twisted his back while falling out of scoop. EE proceeded to get up and go lift the doors. When he picked up the doors he felt a pain in his back.
EE WAS UNLOADING TIMBERS OUT OF A SCOOP AND WHEN HE LIFTED A TIMBER, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.
On 4/23/13 employee was picking up a rock at the lo lo when he twisted and strained his left arm employee continue to work until 08/01/2013 having a herniated disk he became a lost time accident due to this injury.
Employee was helping put drums on miner and drums rolled onto hand and fractured 2 bones in his hand. Non-displaced stress fractures.
Employee was tossing a bag of sand on top of a 20 ton locomotive when he felt a sharp pain in his lower back. Employee has been placed on restricted duty.
EE was helping to remove a canopy from a roof bolter and mashed his left ring finger between the canopy and the frame of the roof bolter.
Employee was lowering a 5 gal bucket of stone patching agent down into belly pan when he pulled his shoulder, employee continue to work, on 9/16/2013 employee was placed on company furlough, on 9/26/2013 while on furlough employee had surgery for partial tear to left shoulder due to this injury.
EE was helping replace drive belts on belt head. The EE pinched his finger causing a laceration.
Employee was working on construction of an overcast when part of the wall fell causing the constructed portion of the overcast to fall injuring employees left knee. Employee was diagnosed with a torn meniscus on 3-18-12 and became a lost time accident at that time.
EE was throwing roof bolt plates to the front of the roof bolter and twisted his back.