EMPLOYEES WERE REMOVING RIPPER JACK AND REMOVED LID FROM MINER TO CHANGE JACK. DROPPED THE LID ON HIS KNEE.
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Showing all 6PULLING MINER CABLE KNEE FLEW OUT
DIGGING AND SHOVELING DIRT IN A HOLE.
HE WAS BUILDING3A FENCE TO GUARD THE BELT DRIVE AND WAS LIFTING A ROLL OF FENCING AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS SP5ICING A CABLE USING A KNIFE AND A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF AND HIT HIM ON THE HAND.
THEY WERE MAKIN1 A BELT MOVE AND HE WAS LIFING ON THE BELT AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.