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While lifting a piece of ice off Bonnie Car he felt sharp pain in back and down leg.
While lifting box of waterline out of mud hole he felt pain in lower back.
Employee was holding a piece of belt structure another piece fell striking his hand. He has since had to have a skin graft on his finger.
EE was loading a metal toolbox into a rail runner and when he lifted on the toolbox, he felt a sharp pain in his low back.
EE WAS LEAVING THE CONTROL ROOM IN THE PREP PLANT AND TURNED THE HANDLE WITH HIS RIGHT HAND AND PUSHED ON THE GLASS WINDOW IN THE DOOR WITH HIS LEFT HAND. THE WINDOW BROKE, CUTTING HIS LEFT WRIST.
EE WAS UNLOADING TIMBERS OUT OF A SCOOP AND WHEN HE LIFTED A TIMBER, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EE was helping to remove a canopy from a roof bolter and mashed his left ring finger between the canopy and the frame of the roof bolter.
EE was cleaning a supply building and a box of miscellaneous parts fell and struck him on the left little finger.
EE tried to catch a belt structure that was being tossed under the beltline during a belt set-up and the fingers of his left hand were mashed between the structure and the mine floor.
EE was working on a regulator and while lifting cinder blocks his back started hurting. He said the pain got worse as the day went on.
sat down in chair and the chair went backwards and employee hit her head on a shelf and said her head, neck, back, and right side of her body hurt
EE WAS REPLACING A 12 INCH PIPE ON A DESLIME HEADER BOX. HE WAS HOLDING ONTO THE PIPE AND THE PIPE SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS FOREARM BETWEEN THE TWO PIPES.
EE was pulling on a canopy extention on a roof bolter and felt a sharp pain in his groin area. He continued to work his regular duties, but the pain persisted. He sought medical attention with his family doctor on 08/23/2012, at which time he was taken off work for a hernia.
EE was pulling a piece of conduit onto the continuous miner cable and his hand slipped and struck a piece of rock, resulting in a cut.
EE was throwing the flop gate in the prep plant. It became fouled, and he was shaking it with his left hand. When the flop gate freed, it caught his finger against a piece of angle iron, cutting it.
EE was building a brattice. He was on his knees, and as he picked up a block to place on the 5th row of the brattice, he felt a sharp pain in his back.
EE was standing beside a scoop that was unloading a scoop battery charger. A chain that was attached to the charger became fouled on a hook on the scoop ejector, causing the hook to break and strike EE above the right eye, resulting in a cut.
EE was bending a roof bolt while bolting top and felt a sharp pain in his groin area.
EE was pulling a 3' x 2' x 6" piece of rock off top of the continuous miner and cut the 2nd and 3rd fingers of his right hand on the edge of the rock.
Was lifting miner cable to hang it and pulled groin.
EE WAS HOLDING A HEADER BOARD BETWEEN THE SCOOP BATTERIES/BUMPER AND THE SHUTTLE CAR BUMPER TO PUSH THE SCOOP OUT OF THE HAULROAD. WHEN THE SHUTTLE CAR PUT PRESSURE ON THE HEADER BOARD, HIS THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HEADER BOARD AND THE SCOOP BATTERIES.
EE WAS HELPING SET TIMBERS ON THE OFFSIDE OF THE BELTLINE. THEY WERE SLIDING THE TIMBERS ACROSS THE BELT ON THE BELT RAILS. EE GOT HIS FINGERS MASHED BETWEEN THE END OF A TIMER AND THE COAL RIB.
#5 entry loading supplies and cut (R) forearm, 10 stitches.
EE was adjusting an slip/sequence sensor that was attached to the top belt structure on the conveyor belt. As he was adjusting it, his hand slipped and his arm went under the belt and over the top roller. When he pulled his arm to free it, he cut his arm on the top structure.
EE was repairing a hole in a brattice. The block above the hole fell and struck him on the right hand and cut his little finger, requiring stitches.
EE was pulling a continuous miner cable from under a piece of rock and the rock slid down and cut his finger.
EE was putting a tire on a shuttle car. The shuttle car was being held up by a scoop. The shuttle car slipped off the scoop bucket, resulting in EE's fingers being caught bewteen the scoop tire and the fender.
EE was getting a bag of rock dust (weight 40lbs.- 50lbs.) off the scoop and as he lifted on the rock dust he felt a sharp pain in his back.
EE was plastering a brattice and when he dropped the plaster bucket lid, plaster splashed into his eyes.
Employees were sliding steel beams across the floor. Injured employee's end of the steel beam hit a pipe and moved to the left catching his left hand (middle finger) between the beam and the pipe.
EE was removing a rub rail from the side of the miner and dropped it on his left foot, resulting in a fracture to the top of the foot.
EE was pulling on the continuous miner cable to get it out of the haul road of the #4 entry on the 003-0 mmu and felt a sharp pain in his back.
Shoveling mud, raised up on R knee and popped knee out of place.
EE as loading tools into his truck and struck his left ankle on the trailor hitch of another vehicle in the parking lot.
EE WAS UNLOADING TIMBERS AND DROPPED A TIMBER WHICH LANDED ON TOP OF HIS LEFT HAND WHICH HE HAD LYING ON A SCOOP BUCKET.
EE was loading resin onto a roof bolter, as he lifted the resin, he felt a sharp pain in his lower back.
EE was aligning belt structure on the 3A conveyor belt aproximately 18 feet inby survey station # 368. EE stated that as he attempted to move the structure, a timber that was set next to him, fell over on him, striking him between the shoulders and injuring his back.
EE was helping hang the continuous miner cable across the #3 entry on the 001-0 mmu. When he lifted on the cable, he felt a sharp pain in his back and groin area.
EE WAS LIFTING A 50 LB. OF CAT FLOCK TO BE LOADED INTO A HOPPER, AND WHEN HE LIFTED ON THE BAG, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK AND ABDOMEN.
EE was changing a belt roller on the #2 belt and got his right index finger caught between the top roller structure and belt rail structure, causing a laceration that required suctures.
EE was setting a 7", 8x8 timber on the beltline. As he was standing the timber up, he lost control of it; timber fell, mashing his left hand between the timber and the belt structure.
Employee was loading an 8x8 timber into the dipper of a scoop. Another employee was pushing on the timber and EE had his left hand on the end of the timber, resulting in his hand being mashed between the timber & and the ram of the scoop.
Employee was picking up a slate bar that had a burr (small sliver of metal) on it, resulting in laceration & burr being embedded in left thumb.
Loading tanks on flat car, dropped tank on right hand, mashed middle finger.
Large rock on miner; he tried to remove the rock and pinched his left hand.
Employee was working on sump make up water lines when a pipe fell on his right hand cutting middle finger.
Iron worker dropped hammer-struck victim on top of hard hat.
Smashed his finger while changing rollers. He dropped roller on his finger while changing out belt rollers.
Two employees were working on a belthead, preparing to take the slack out of the drive chain. When one lifted the top cover that guards the drive chain, he felt a sharp pain in his lower back.
EE WAS LEANING ON THE CONT MINER OBSERVING MSHA INSPECTORS TAKING A PRESSURE READING ON THE DUST COLLECTION SYSTEM AND DRUG HIS RIGHT HAND ACROSS THE MINER CAUSING A LACERATION. WHAT CAUSED THE LACERATION COULD NOT BE FOUND.