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EE alleges to have injured his back while going thru a mandoor. This is a re-occurrence of a pre-existing injury.
Employee was struck by a wire rope that had broken loose from the center of a snatch block. They were pulling a conveyor belt.
Employee was lifting an overcast over his head and twited his neck.
Unloading overcasts off of track car which were stacked on top of one another; the overcasts were getting stuck by the bolts connecting them & they were sliding them before lifting when his helper pushed at the wrong time casing a pair of over- casts to fall on EE's foot.
EE alleges to have injured his back when he moved a Heintzmann Jack. This alleged accident was not reported until the end of his shift on 5/10/2006.
Employee was attempting to put a crib under a feeder which was being blocked up on section tail piece when feeder tilted to left away from him. He was pushing a crib block under the frame when feeder struck crib block pinching his right thumb between feeder and crib block, crushing thumb.
Employee was shoveling mud out of take-up and twisted back.
Employee injured his back while lifting top rollers out of a scoop bucket.
EE WAS HANGING MINER CABLE AND MRS CABLE, BENT TO PICK UP CABLE AND MOVE IT AND CABLE WAS TIGHT AND EE PULLED OR FELT A PULLING SENSATION IN LEFT LOWER BACK AND BURNING IN STOMACH
EE injured his back when he bent over & picked up a drill. HE DIDN'T START MISSING WORK UNTIL 3/21/2005.
A timber slipped out of Employee's hand and struck his left hand as he was loading timbers.
Employee was plastering inside top of track overcast. He was throwing plaster in corner top when some fell in his left eye.
Employee claims to have injured his back as he loaded timbers into a scoop.
Employee alleges to have injured his back while loading cinder blocks into a scoop bucket.
Ee alleges to have injured his back & neck while hanging a roof bolter cable.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING BELT AND WAS LIFTING A ROCK ON THE SHOVEL WHEN THE ROCK SHIFTED AND HE TWISTED HIS WRIST.
MOVING 60 LB RAIL HIT EE ON RT LEG & KNEE CAUSING BRUISE.
EE WAS PULLING LOOSE ROCK & COAL FROM THE RIB TO BUILD A STOPPING. ONE OF THE SHARP EDGES HIT HIS THUMB CAUSING THE INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP TIMBERS WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOW BACK.
EMPLOYEE TURNED WHILE SETTING OIL CAN ON RIDE AND TWISTED HIE LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS UNLOADING SUPPLIES OFF OF THE SCOOP. APPARENTLY THE SCOOP BUCKET WAS SITTING ON SOME CHUNKS OF COAL. HIS FOOT WAS UNDER THE BUCKET AS THE COAL CHUNKS FAILED - THUS RESULTING IN HIS INJU RY.