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EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING TIMBERS AND ONE SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND STRICKING HIM ON LEFT KNEE.
INSTALLING A WHEEL UNTI ON A 21SC JOY SHUTTLE CAR .
68935 REMOVING A PIECE OF DRAW SLATE THAT HAD FELL ON TOP OF THE MINING MACHINE. THE EMPLOYEE CUT HIS PALM ON THE RIGHT HAND REQUIRING SIX STITCHES.
WHILE INSTALLING WHEEL UNIT ON 21 S/C,SHUTTLE CAR EMPL STRAIN LOWER BACK.
EMPL STACKING CRIB BLOCKS UNDER FEEDER.ANOTHER MINER WAS PITCHING BLOCKS TO HIM AND ONE HIT A CINDER BLOCK,FLIPPED AND STRUCK EMPL ON LEFT HAND WHICH WAS ON MINE FLOOR. (WITH X-RAY ONLY BRUIS- ED LEFT HAND).RETURN TO WORK SAME DAY.
VICTIM WAS PULLING A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK OFF THE TOP OF MINER AND HURT HIS BACK.
EMPL WAS REMOVING A ROCK FROM BEHIND SHUTTLE CAR WHEEL AND STRAINED HIMSELF.COMPLAINED THAT LEFT TESTICLE IS HURTING.
EMPL REMOVING ROCK FROM BEHIND SHUTTLE CAR WHEEL & STRAINED HIMSELF.COMPLAINED LEFT TESTICLE IS HURTING.
INSTALLING GATHERING ARM ON MINER,EMPL STRAINED GROIN POSITIONING DIGGER ARM IN PLACE.EMPL WAS IN CRAMPED CONDITION.
WHILE TAKING DOWN A MINE VENTILATION BRATTICE CONSTRUCTED OF 8" CENDER BLOCK, THE EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING THE BLOCK AGAINST THE RIB WHEN A BLOCK FELL MASHING AND CUTTING THE RIGHT HAND RING FING ER REQUIRING APPROX. 10 TO 12 STICHES.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO MOVE THE MINER ACROSS THE SECTION. HE TURNED TO MOVE MINER CABLE OFF A HOOK ON TH EMINER AND STRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE MOVING THE CABLE.
EMPL LOADING ROOF BOLTS ONTO SCOOP.TURNED TO RIGHT TO PICK UP BUNDLE OF BOLTS WWHILE ON HIS KNEES.PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.
WHILE GETTING OUT OF S/S 482 SCOOP THE EMPLOYEE PLACED HIS LEFT HAND ON THE RAM PART OF THE SCOOP BUCKET TO PUSH HIMSELF UP. THE OPERATOR OF SCOOP ACCIDENTLY PULLED THE RAM LEVER MASHING T HE LEFT MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS ACROSS THE FINGER NAILS.
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING MINER HE TURNED TO GET A LUNCH BOX AS HE WAS GETTING OFF OF MINER AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
VICTIM WAS LOADING CINDER BLOCKS BY HAND ON TO RAILRUNNER AND INJURED BACK STRAINED OR PULLED
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING TOOLS OUT OF A METAL TOOL BOX LOCATED IN AN PITSIDE SHOP.HE WAS BVENT OVER REACHING DOWN IN THE TOOL BOX LID ON THE BOX FEEL STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD AND FORCING HIS AFCE AGAINST A DRAW IN THE BOX,CUTTING THE LEFT SIDE OF FACE AND NOSE REQUIRING APPROXIMATELY 10 STITCHES.