While installing a guard cover on the #1 shaker motor, the cover dislodged pinching the miner's left hand. The miner pulled their hand from the pinch point revealing cuts and bruising to their pointer, middle, and ring fingers. Miner went to urgent care where the cuts were cleaned and glued shut. Miner then returned to shift.
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Showing all 4Employee was attempting to lift a clutch assembly onto the back of an engine and felt a "pop" in left shoulder. Employee was placed on restrictive duty after a doctor visit on 9/23/2022. Diagnostic testing was preformed and "articular surface partial tear" was diagnosed on 10/12/2022.
Loading scrape pipe in bucket for transport, smashed right hand between bucket and pipe, dislocating small finger
Claimant bumped his knee on a pickup truck bumper trailer hitch.