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Employee was shoveling when EE felt pain in elbow area, muscle/forearm.
Employee was clearing debris from catwalk and reaching for a rock caught thumb between expanded metal decking and sheave.
While completing maintenance on a VSI Crusher and changing teeth, the miner twisted to grab parts and sprained their lower back.
While doing maintenance inside a screen, was cleaning side, holding in place while lying down. After 10-minutes he readjusted his position and straightened his leg and that is when he heard a crack. Was find day of with no pain but the next day it was hurting and swollen.
Employee was replacing an electric motor on the head pulley of the conveyor that feeds the north screen in Portable Crusher #2. When the employee was placing the motor into position. The motor slipped and pinched and cut his right hand palm between the electric motor shaft and the gear box. Employee received eight (8) stitches in his right hand palm.
Employee changing wear parts on a rock crusher and trying to situate a hammer into a vertical shaft impact crusher when he felt a pop in his back. The next day (9-6-13) employee was replacing grease on the track shovel when his back began hurting much worse.
EE was thawing out a catch pan for a water pump. When he reached down to pick up a steel plate out of the catch pan it was still frozen into the catch pan. As ee lifted he strained his lower back (Lumbar Strain and Sacrum Strain).
Hard hat fell off, bent over to pick it up and hit head on Safety Guard when he sat back up.
EE was changing screens on devise 6/18/07. Felt some pain but figured it would go away as it had in the past. Reported 6/25/07
Getting on skid steer lost balance extended rt arm to glance sefl-strained rt shoulder
EMPLOYEE KNEELING UNDER EQUIPMENT WHILE CHIPPING BUMPED HARD HAT ON CROSS PIECE.
3/4" WATER HOSE WITH ICE. EE SHOCK HOSE ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN ICE, END STRUCK HIS LIP.
EE WAS DESCENDING THE LADDER OF THE WATER WAGON WHEN HE PULLED MUSCLES IN HIS BACK. HE SAID IT HAPPENED PRIOR TO HIS STEPPING FOOT ON THE GROUND
EE WAS PULLING OUT THE LAST SCREEN CLOTH ON THE BOTTOM DECK OF THE SECOND VIBRATING SHAKER WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER ON THE END OF SCREEN. HIS COWORKERS PULLED THE SCREEN WHICH THEN FELL AND S LICED OPEN THE TIP OF HIS RING FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.
COLLECTING SAMPLES OF 3/4" ROCK FROM CONVEYOR BELT.