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EE received a hand laceration when a dozer belly pan slipped and pinched EE's hand
While a miner and EE's partner were building a sand wall, the center cap came down coming in contact with the miner's leg. Resulting in a hairline fracture to the tibia.
EE suffered a shoulder injury while lifting a fire extinguisher.
Employee was hand mucking the south end plate in the 2 shaft when a rock rolled pinching left hand resulting in a tuft fracture and a laceration to left middle finger.
Miner was sealing a new airlock door and the door came into contact with left ring finger causing a tuft fracture to the fingertip.
EE was removing a bucket pin which slipped and fell on their finger
EE was kneeling on left knee. When EE stood up and put weight on right knee, EE felt pain.
EE was shoveling material with a #2 shovel and felt groin pain.
EE was removing wheel chock from fender holder and felt pain in right arm.
EE was moving a jumbo drill steel and pinched left ring finger between the steel and the metal box on the loader fender.
EE was pulling a ratchet strap over a load of ground support wire. Whan it came over the edge, the employee looked up resulting in a broken tooth.
EE felt pain in groin after lifting chain rigging to crane hook.
EE was hanging trailing cable for a bolter and felt pain in right shoulder
EE felt a pop in their right shoulder when aligning a belly pan on a dozer.
EE was opening a gate and got fingers caught between the pole for the gate and the fencing.
Employee was moving a 45kva transformer unit when the unit caught of the decking and fell over pinching EE's right ring finger.
EE was lifting a valve into position from under a truck. The valve slipped and when they caught it, they felt pain in their shoulder.
EE was manually moving a barrel of oil onto the containment when it started to tip. EE tried to stop the barrel from tipping and got hand caught between the barrel and a steel I-beam.
Driller and helper were adjusting the height of the control panel while the driller was getting ready to insert the pin the panel was released and smashed EE's thumb causing a crushed fingernail that required 4 stitches.
EE was re-installing the guard onto the tail pulley of BC-5 when the guard slipped from their hands and pinched 2 fingers on right hand.
EE smashed right thumb between lock bar and cage door on the top deck of the service hoist. EE was attempting to open the cage doors while it was stopped at the 5900 level when the incident occurred.
Employee complained of pain in lower back, with no preceding incident. MRI and specific diagnosis indicate degenerative wear on disks.
While performing normal work duties which include lifting of up to 50 pounds, and without a specific event, a Drill Helper reported pain in the lower back and was diagnosed with a lumbar sprain.
EE pushed the 4' split set bolt into the drilled hole in the back by hand. As EE was positioning self to drive the bolt the rest of the way in with the jackleg, the bolt fell out of the hole and struck EE on the right forearm.
EE was preparing 2"x2"x10' square steel material to weld. One end of the material fell from a sawhorse. The working end was pulled down causing EE's finger to be pinched between sawhorse and material causing a laceration and fracture of left middle finger.
EE was removing an electrical jumper cable from the rib and felt a "pop" in EE's stomach. EE was diagnosed with a small hernia. EE continued mining at full capacity. EE elected to have a procedure to fix the small hernia on 7/3/2023. EE returned to work after procedure on EE's next scheduled shift of 7/8/2023.
EE was loading bolts in the carousel of a rock bolter. EE received a laceration to the left middle finger when it was pinched between two bolt plates.
EE reported back pain over an extended period of time beginning in September but did not notify operator or seek treatment until 12/10/22
EE lifted two torch tracks from storage and placed the ends on the ground. The shorter set slid down pinching employees left thumb causing a laceration.
On 5/22/22, a Lab employee was attempting to repair a dishwasher drawer glide. EE's hand slid down the metal glide lacerating EE's right thumb. EE was treated using butterfly closures.
EE picked up two 5-gallon buckets and turned resulting in knee pain.
EE lifted a 12' steel rod for delivery and felt pain in the left shoulder.
The employee was in the process of mixing cement for hole abandonment when cement leaked into work boot, causing a caustic burn to the top right foot.
An employee was waiting to get truck loaded, after taking a drink from water jug the employee was putting the water jug back in its holder on the truck and an S hook that was attached to a rope on the water jug, swung and hit the employee on right front tooth causing it to break.
EE injured back when EE attempted to lift a 6" x 8' piece of thin wall HDPE pipe.
A helper on an underground core drill was lifting a 5' HQ drill rod to add to the drill string when they lost footing and fell to the wooden deck (floor). The drill rod fell with them and landed on right thumb causing a fracture to the thumb.
An employee was loading a mini transformer into the back of a vehicle, when employee got it about half way up the employee's shoulder made a popping sound. The employee did not seek medical treatment at that time. The employee's shoulder did not get better so employee was evaluated on 06/17/2021 by a physician at which time employee was put on restricted duty.
Employee was unloading 4'split set bolts in a laydown. As EE was stacking them, one of the bundles slipped and when EE tried to catch it, EE's left hand ring finger got caught under the bundle of bolts and smashed the end of it.
Employee was attempting to attach the boom on a bolter and a nylon strap EE was using broke and the strap struck the employee in the face.
An employee was helping load a trench round in 15-E, EE was bent over loading a hole in front of the vent bag and the EE next to EE was filling a hole full of stemming material, while doing so some of the dust from the dry material blew in to EE's face getting some into EE's right eye.
Employee experienced discomfort when hanging power cable on the rib. Employee received an MRI on 8/12/20 and was referred for physical therapy for rotator cuff tendonitis making this a reportable illness.
Employee felt a sharp pain in the right side of their neck and right shoulder while pushing a 2200# Tote. The employee did not seek medical attention until December 10th after reporting discomfort while trying to sleep. The examining physician suspects a strained rotator cuff and has restricted work to a 20lb weight limit and no over head lifting.
Employee bumped the left pinky finger on a shelf when picking up a roll of shrink wrap. They continued to experience some finger discomfort so they went to see a doctor on 3/7/19, ex-rays revealed a fingertip fracture.
EE received a hand laceration while hanging a portable band saw after use.
While installing a vent louver in a storage container, EE cut right index finger on metal edge of louver requiring 4 sutures.
Employee was closing the clamp to attach two sections of hardline vent tube when clamp slipped striking EE in the mouth. Employee went to the dentist on 6/12/18 and had two tooth chips repaired making this reportable.
Removing hydraulic cylinder. Cylinder slipped landing on wrist
While removing a vehicle wheel from a stack of 4, the wheel slid and pinched the employee's right index finger.
Employee had removed a jackleg from the front basket of a tractor to get 2 straps. When employee was putting the jackleg back in the basket, the jackleg rolled and cut employee's right ring finger in the chuck of the hammer.
EE was getting a new utility knife and a new razor blade. EE had both the blade and the knife case in their right hand turned and bumped their hand on the wall. The blade shifted and cut their right index finger.