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The employee was plastering a concrete brattice. While moving the bucket of plaster, the employee dropped the bucket and the plaster splashed into the employee's right eye. The employee worked the remainder of shift. On 11/20/2018 the employee's right eye was red and slightly swelled. The employee received medical treatment for the eye injury on 11/20/2018.
The roof bolter operator was loading metal straps onto the roof bolting machine. As the employee was loading the metal straps their hand started to slip and the metal straps shifted or slid and the corner of the metal strap cut the employee on the inside of the right forearm.
Contractor employee was performing service work on a continuous mining machine. The contractor was attempting to unpin the short side of the rub rail to clean the demister on the machine. When the rub rail was unpinned both sides of the rub rail came out at the same time. The contractor put the rub rails back into place and strained his back.
The employee was removing a roll of brattice cloth from the front of the section mantrip. As the employee picked up the roll of brattice cloth, he started to twist and felt a sharp pain in the lower portion of his back.
The injured employee and co-workers were removing wooden timbers from the bucket of a scoop. The employee was down on one knee pulling the wooden timber out of the bucket when he felt a sharp pain in the lower right side of his back and right hip.
Employee was in the No.3 entry and started to pull an electrical cable away from the low belt structure when he felt a sharp pain in his right side near the groin area.
The employee was loading supplies onto a roof bolting machine. While lifting the box of resin glue he twisted and felt a sharp pain on the inside of his right leg and right side.
The employee was working on a belt head drive removing structure off the head drive when one of the rollers pinched the left index finger which resulted in a small laceration and a open fracture to the left index finger.
Employee was changing a torque shaft on the gathering head of the 14-15 miner. When he pulled the broke shaft out it had built up pressure and it sprayed hot oil out striking him on the neck and face.
Employee was shoveling loose coal and rock up, when he felt a sharp pain in his left knee and couldn't put weight on it.
Employee was moving leaky feeder cable up. When he crossed a mobile bridge he said his knees buckled when he put them on the bottom. Also he said they had been hurting for a couple of weeks
The employee was moving belt structure and picked up a belt rail and twisted around to put it in a stand, pulling a muscle in his chest. He is not sure what he done.
Employee was helping hang a miner cable, and it fell and jerked his back. His doctor said it had slipped a disk.
While loading timbers in scoop bucket, one was standing up, and when the employee started to lay it down, it took him to his knees and hurting his back.
EE was reaching for a roof bolt plate and his right arm hit a metal strap cutting his arm just below his elbow. After going to the doctor he received 5 stitches in his arm.
EE was pulling a timber out of scoop bucket when he pulled a muscle in his left arm around the elbow.
The employee was working on the miner, he was lifting a lid up and pulled a muscle in his lower back.
EE was stocking shelves in the warehouse and was lifting a box of parts when he felt a muscle pull in his stomach. Later in the shift a knot appeared on stomach.
He was helping co-worker load garbage in scoop bucket, while pulling on bent roof bolts one was hung and when it came loose struck him on the right side of the mouth chipping 2 teeth.
Miner was walking around roof bolter when his arm touched the canopy of machine. A burr on the canopy cut his right arm.
Employee was pulling pin out of H-Link on Hitachi 1900 Excavator when H-Link moved to right causing it to fall striking right foot. Causing severe bruising and swelling of foot.
Victim was loading bolting supplies on roof-bolter he turned his body while holding 5 roof bolts and hurt his lower back.
Victim was cleaning canopy off. He was cleaning loose debrie off. He reached down and lifted a piece of wire mesh to remove the dirt and pulled muscle in back.