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While pulling slack to hang cable the employee felt pain in his lower abdomen. He continued to work until 11/11/13 when he was placed off work with an abdomen strain or sprain. The employee currently remains off.
Lowering belly pan on A40D truck and it fell on his foot & broke ankle
Employee was bolting top when his drill steel got stuck; he reached to pull it out & it slipped through his hands.The drill steel hit the drill pot this caused the drill steel to bounce up & knock the employees safety glasses off.The hot drill bit then hit him in his eye & caused a burn which required medical treatment.This is to report medical treatment only NO days were missed.
Employee was helping lap belt when the fork fell off the fork loader. The employee picked up the fork and put it back on and felt a sharp pain in his lower back. The employee was treated and released with a referral to a specialist for an MRI. It was later determined the employee had a bulging disc and remains off.
Employee was attempting to unplug a set of batteries when it suddenly came unplugged and struck the employee in the mouth causing a fractured front left tooth. This is to report medical treatment only NO days were missed.
While removing a trough roller the foreman was guiding it through the structure when it abruptly kicked side ways pinching his left little finger between the roller and frame. This caused a laceration that required sutures. This is to report medical treatment only NO days were missed.
While attempting to put a drive belt on a clean coal screen the employee's finger was pinched between the belt and the pulley. This caused a laceration on the ring finger of the left hand that required sutures. This is to report medical treatment only NO days were missed.
On 6-14-12 the employee was unplugging a set of batteries when the plug abruptly came free and hit the employee in the mouth. The employee continued to work and notified me on 6-28-12 that he had went to a dentist and a fracture in his tooth was identified. This is to report medical treatment only NO days were missed.
While loading pie pans onto the bolt machine one of the pie pans slipped and cut the employees right ring finger. This caused a laceration that required sutures. This is to report medical treatment only NO days were missed.
Employee was supplying bolt machine when he turned to place the bolts in the operator tray he felt pain in his lower back. This is to report restricted duty only No days were missed.
Employee was going through a mandoor at #38 break when the mandoor fell on his left hand cutting his middle finger. This caused a laceration that required sutures. This is to report medical treatment only NO days were missed.
While attempting to scotch a wheel on a shuttle car with a crib block employee caught his left middle finger between the crib block and the frame of the shuttle car. This caused a laceration to the end of his left middle finger that required sutures. This is to report medical treatment only NO days were missed.
Miner operator was reaching up to take a piece of curtain down when he hit right index finger on a roof bolt plate. This caused a laceration that required sutures. This is to report medical treatment only NO days were missed.
While building a stopping between 7&8 crosscut EE's left middle finger was caught between two cinder blocks. This resulted in a fracture and a laceration that required medical attention.
Injured employee was attaching steel pipe hangers to railcar. Employee's middle finger on right hand was caught in between the hanger and the muck car. The upper tip of his finger was split open, requiring several sutures. The tip of bone in this finger had a "hairline" fracture.
While pulling a belt rail from the scoop the operator caught his right little finger against an offset in the rib. This avulsed the tissue of his finger down to the proximal joint of the middle phalange. This required amputation of his middle phalange. (100 days) Employee has been on restricted duty since 2/24/11.
Electrician was changing take-up jack on joy miner. While lowering the jack he caught the ring finger of his right hand in the mat chain lacerating it. This required seven sutures. No days were lost, this is to report medical treatment only.
Employee was moving a piece of draw rock off the continuous miner. The rock slid off the miner and pinched his finger against the metal frame of the miner. This caused a laceration on his right index finger that required sutures. This is to report medical treatment only. No days were missed.
Concrete form was lowered onto the injured party's lower back, resulting in a compression fracture of a vertebrae. The injury was not immediately known. The injured later saw a doctor.
While building a crib under the feeder the miner caught his right thumb between a crib and the feeder. This resulted in a fracture to the distal tip of his right thumb. This is to report medical care only, no days were lost.
Mechanic was sorting steel beams in the maintenance yard and a piece of the steel slid down and caught his right foot. He worked until 11/6/09 when he was notified he had a fractured tarsal bone in his right foot.
While hooking a steel cable hook to the forklift the scoop operator pinched his left ring finger between the steel hook and the fork lift lacerating it. He received (3) sutures. This is to report medical treatment only.
Electrician was changing the bearing on the #1 taipiece. When he went to grab the shaft a piece of metal went through his glove and stuck in his right index finger. When he removed it some was left in the wound. The metal was removed by the Dr. and (5) sutures were required. This is to report medical treatment only. No days were lost.
Employee was in the process of changing rollers on the stacker belt when he caught his right hand between a roller and the belt rail causing a fracture to his right ring finger.
Employee was moving a top belt strucure when his hand slipped and his right index finger went between the roller and the hawkeye senson. This resulted in a laceration that required five sutures. This is to report medical treatment only.
Employee was laying on back under beltline lifting with legs. Lifted wrong.
Employee was removing a welder ground clamp from a piece of metal by pulling on the cable. The cable caught on a piece of fence and the employee jerked on the cable. The cable came lose and the clamp flew up and struck his nose lacerating it. This required (5) sutures. This is to report medical treatment only.
Employee was bending a bolt and he had his body (back) out of position and the end result was a pulled back.
While making repairs to the #4 bridge; employee struck the back of his right hand on a piece of loose metal causing a laceration. This is to report medical treatment only.
The employee was adjusting the belt hanger chain while the belt was being leveled. He thought the chain link was in the hanger and as the persons assisting him let the belt down his right hand was pulled into the hanger lacerating it. Twelve sutures were required. No Days were Lost.
The electrician was standing in a high place on the 1st left section 1 break inby spad 10608. When he turned to pick up a cm remote box he struck the left side of his head against a roof bolt plate along the brow. This caused a laceration to his left ear requiring (7) sutures. This is to report medical treatment only.
Employee was attempting to move a piece of grating by dragging it and strained a muscle in low back.
The electrician and outside utility man were carrying cribs in preparation to work on a scoop in the supply yard. The utility man let a crib slip off his shoulder and it struck the electrician on his left hand. This resulting in fractures to his left distal middle and index finger. This is to report medical treatment only.
Employee was mixing stone laid concrete and got some on his right hand.
EE was helping to get an imbeam out of sled when i-beam shifted smashing left forefinger between i beam and sled.