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Employee pulled right side rub rail off miner and dropped it on left foot.
Employee was climbing over Continuous miner to put oil in gear case when EE bumped EE's left knee on camera cover.
Employee was pulling pins to release beams, miner operator pulled beams back, beam caught pin and jerked pin forward causing employee to strain rt. shoulder
Employee was aligning holes on beam pedestal when it slipped from their hand cutting finger.
The employee removed the pin that connects the conveyor cars together. As the loader began to remove the conveyor car from the launch pad the car shifted causing the pin to fall back in place. As the pin fell back into place the employee attempted to catch the pin. In doing so the end of EE's middle finger on EE's right had was pinched between the pin cap and the car.
Replacing the bottom edge plate on a push beam. After cutting the plate loose it slipped and pinned EE's left hand little finger between the plate and the frame of the push beam causing the laceration to the finger.
The employee was placing a receptacle in the conveyor car tray. When placing it in the tray the employees left hand was caught between the receptacle and tray causing the left hand middle finger to be mashed.
Employee had lifted a lid and was looking at the trailing cables when the lid fell striking employee's right hand causing a contusion and swelling to right hand
MINER'S GLOVE BECAME ENTANGLED IN DOOR LATCH AS MINER EXITED CAB, AND AS A RESULT, THE GLOVE WAS PULLED OFF MINER'S HAND, CATCHING THE TIP OF FINGER, CAUSING A FRACTURE OF THE TIP OF THE FINGER BONE.