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Employee was loosening device on scoop from water car when his hand was caught between objects and he received a cut on his finger that required stitches.
Employee was cleaning area and tried to catch a tire that was moving. While trying to catch the moving tire, the tire fell over and caught his wrist between two tires. Employee was put off work on 10/01/2014.
Employee was moving waterline and miner cable out of roadway against rib when he began to experience pain in his back.
Employee was lifting cribs when he felt pain in his shoulder.
Employee was loading a timber in the scoop bucket when he smashed his finger between the timber and the side of the scoop bucket.
EE was traveling up the main line # 1 belt when he stopped to open a air lock door. The hinge broke as he was opening the door, causing the door to fall and knock him backwards.
While filling up the pod duster, employee was laying the hose back at the fill tank and felt pain in his back.
Employee was hanging miner cable when he felt a sharp pain in his back and hip.
Employee was helping on a belt power move. When he attempted to hang a miner cable, he felt a pop and pain in his lower back. He stopped working at that time.
Employee was performing maintenance on a roof bolter. He removed the bottom pin from the ATRS cylinder causing the bottom framing to fall on his left foot.
Employee was pulling on a cat head and cable when he suddenly started complaining of back pain.
Employee was hanging miner cable and waterline when he felt a sharp pain in his shoulder. The employee never missed work until his 7/29/13 shift.
Employee was loading roof bolt plates from back of bolter onto tray when the roof bolt plates fell off the bolter and hit his left knee cap. The employee continued to work until 7/24/13.
Employee was pulling belt and stacking it along the rib so a scoop could pick it up. He finished the shift and went to the doctor the next day.
Employee was pulling on miner cable when he felt pain in his shoulder. Employee never missed work until his 7/11/13 shift.
EE was moving two rolls of curtain when he felt pain in his back. Employee never missed work until his 07/15/13 shift.
Employee was working on mains belt cleaning up draw rock when he lifted a rock and felt pain in his groin area. Employee started missing work again 7/15/13, for this surgery
Employee was rolling up a spool of Leaky Feeder Cable on a cart in #4 entry, 1st Right Intake when the cart flipped and he tried to catch it as it was falling and felt pain in his back.
EE was using B Bond to plaster a stopping. While doing so he got some of the B Bond on his arm. He brushed it off and continued to work until 5-31-13. He went to the hospital for treatment and started missing work on 6-1-13.
Employee was loading waterline onto scoop when it fell off and hit employee in the mouth. The employee received stitches.
EE was hanging roof bolter cable when he backed into a bent roof bolt plate and cut his ear which required stitches.
Employee was moving timber sled when a rib rolled catching another timber and the timber came into the scoop deck and hit the employee's knee. The employee never missed work until 4/19/13.
Employee was fire bossing when he bent over to pick up supply line and felt pain in his back.
Employee was guiding galvanized pipe into trench for placement and grabbed the end of the pipe to move into place when a spur of metal punctured through his leather gloves and the skin of the middle finger on the right hand.
Employee was pulling slack up in shuttle car cable when he felt a pain in his shoulder.
Employee was loading air lock doors into scoop when the door slipped and smashed his finger. The employee received stitches.
EE was trying to open tailpiece doors when the door's "batwings" slipped and closed on his finger.
Bending placing Idlers, twisted and strained lower back.
EE was trying to lift a timber from gob the scoop had just cleaned up at the edge of the scoop bucket when he felt a sharp pain in his back and down his leg.
EE was hanging cable for new starter box and while lifting cable he felt a pain in his shoulder.
Employee moved a block while building a stopping when he twisted his knee and felt a pain in his back.
Employee was bending bolts in #7 entry when he felt pain in his back and leg.
Employee was trying to open outby set of doors when he felt pain in his left leg.
Employee was cleaning 3C Belt Head with fire hose when nozzle blew off and hit employee in mouth knocking two teeth out. Employee twisted his knee.
EE was lifting buckets of oil when he felt a pain in his left side.
Employee was lifting structure when he felt a pain in his shoulder. Employee worked until 6/26/12. Employee is scheduled for surgery on 7/20/12.
Employee was pulling shaft out of shuttle car when shaft slipped pinning left thumb against panel.
Employee was shoveling belt. Employee picked up a rock to throw on belt when he felt a burning sensation in his back.
Employee was bending bolts when he felt something pop in his shoulder.
EE was changing belt out on crusher when his hand got caught between sheave and belt.
EE was moving miner cable and felt something to start burning in his lower abdomen.
Employee stated he was shoveling belt. When he went to turn, he twisted his knee and felt a sharp pain in his knee.
Employee was removing top belts structure form belt line when he smashed his finger requiring stitches.
Employee was leaving miner and came around corner, back end of buggy: hooked miner cable & water line and drug it to belt entry; He then experienced pain in his lower back.
Employee was throwing oil cans in insert when shoulder popped and he felt pain.
EE was moving miner cable when he felt pain in his back.
EE was loading a oxygen tank when his shoulder made a loud pop.
Employee was assisting with a belt move. He was pulling on a top roller and felt a pain in his back.
Employee was lifting a cylinder into truck with a hoist chain when the chain slipped & cut employees left (#5) pinky finger.
Employee was assisting with a belt move in tramming the feeder off of tailpiece. Tailpiece jumped off the MA walkway side of belt hitting him in the left shin and ankle.