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While bending a roof bolt something in chest pulled.
While loading post into a scoop bucket pulled muscle in back
Pulled back opening airlock doors.
Loading tool box, box tipped mashed thumb.
Trying to adjust track on excavator when a spring flew out hit him on the head.
Was spreading pallet lime. Inhaled, have swollen throat, and trouble swallowing.
Two employees were building a crib tower. One employee was tossing cribs to the other, while the victim was picking up a crib the other employee tossed one striking the victim's hand causing a laceration to the victim's pinky finger.
Employee was towing a skid of belt from the surface to the section when the chain holding the belt came unhooked and the belt slid off of the skid. The employee then tried to lift the belt back onto the skid by himself, resulting in a hernia.
Backing up a trailer piece of waterline caught slide up hit him in face.
Employee was pulling miner cable, when pulling the cable his back muscle went into a spasm.
Employee was advancing discharge line for a face pump. While pulling it he twisted wrong and pulled his back out of place. Employee continued to work until 7/25/12 when he reported the accident and sought medical attention.
While putting waterline in he was pounding two joints together with a crib he missed the end of the water line and pinched the end of his middle finger.
Received a doctors note on the 26th. EE supposedly was loading bolts on bolter, when he hurt his back. Nothing was said to his foreman at time of accident. At end of shift on the 19th, I talked to EE personally, nothing was said to me. He seemed fine.
While bonding a intake stopping he used his bare hands to put b-bond on a block stopping, he was offered a pair of gloves. He choose not to use them.
While setting post employee was reaching down to pick up a wedge and another post hit him on the fingers.
He caught middle finger on right hand in sheave wheel while pulling belt.
Caught left foot between scoop bucket & p/c.
Employee came to work and turned in a doctor's note saying he hurt his back but did not report it to his boss or to me when it happened