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Employee was setting timbers in the #2 entry and was picking up a timber and felt a pull in groin area worked for anther hour and said it was burning employee was took outside and went to the ER.
Employee was plastering a return stopping when the ladder employee was standing on fell over. Employee fell to the ground trying to catch themselves by putting out right hand. Employee hit the ground injuring right shoulder and right hip.
Employee was building a stopping felt pain in lower back and left leg.
Employee was plastering a stopping and splattered plaster in their right eye.
Employee was loading tool box from tool cabinet to the mantrip. Picked up tool box from cabinet and turned around to load on mantrip and felt a sharp pain and burning in lower back.
Employee was hanging miner cable on 002 section and pulled muscle in right shoulder.
Employee was cleaning and shoveling spillage on top of #1 and #2 raw coal silos while shoveling EE got a sharp pain in EE's lower left back. Injured employee work up till 3/27/2019.
Removing sack stand that was wrapped in chains from hand truck the load shifted and thumb got caught between chain & stand.
Employee was moving a miner cable out of the roadway while ee was pulling something pulled in right arm.
Employee was changing rollers on the slope belt went to pull old roller out from under the belt and hurt back.
Employee reached down to grab a hold of a curtain & started pulling it towards the face & felt a pain in stomach. The employee had helped hang a miner cable before moving the curtain. Mine wasn't notified till 10/9/2018
injured employee was stacking (6x6x36) crib blocks for section tail piece and mashed EE's left pinky finger had to have 6 stitches put in EE's pinky finger.
Injured employee pulled a muscle in lower back while lifting a I-beam to set head drive on. Employee didn't start missing work till 7/13/2018.
The EE was lifting on a belt rail on the 001 section #4 belt to install belt structure and pulled a muscle in lower back. The accident was reported on the 4/20/2018.The EE started missing on the 4/23/2018.
The injured employee was cleaning up some metal and got EE's left index finger caught in between to pieces metal and received stitches.
Attempting to remove hoist cylinder. Lifting strap broke. Boom hook came back and hit employee in the head above the left eye.
EE was working on a 992 loader pushing a bearing in a lift jack and dropped a 40 ton ram jack approx 3 feet on left foot.
EE carried two five gallon cans of hydraulic oil from power box to the shuttle car. When EE sat them down, EE felt pain in lower right side back and heard popping noise.
Picking up a can of hydraulic oil and injured lower part of back