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INSTALLING GUARDS ON DRIVE CHAIN OF BELT DRIVE. COVER SLIPPED PINCHING FINGER BETWEEN COVER AND FRAME OF BELT DRIVE. THIS INJURY REQUIRED 10 STITCHES
EE WAS DRAGGING CABLES WITH DIESEL SCOOP. HE GOT OUT OF SCOOP AND STRUCK KNEE ON HYDRAULIC TANK CAUSING A SMALL CUT ON RIGHT KNEE THAT REQUIRED TWO STITCHES.
EMP HAS HAD SORENESS FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. WAS THROWING SHUTTLE CAR CABLE WHEN HE AGGRAVATED THE BACK AND WAS TAKEN TO ER FOR PRECAUTIONARY REASONS. INJURY WAS MUSCULAR AND NOT DISC RELATED.
PUTTING STEPPING ON MINER AFTER SERVICING. SMASHED RIGHT RING FINGER WHEN STOPPER SLIPPED ON CUTTER HEAD.
EE CAUGHT HAND ON A STEEL BURR ON THE SIDE OF A SHUTTLE CAR.
PICKED UP A CRIB IMPROPLRLY. MAY 8 1996 WAS THE FIRST LOST DAY.
EMPLOYEE PUT HIS HAND ON OUTER COVER WHEN REMOVING TORQUE SHAFT. COVER CAME OFF STRIKING LEFT HAND. EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WEARING ALL PROPER PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
LIFTING HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE ON POWER MOVE & TWISTED BODY WHILE LIFTING CABLE. BECAME LOST TIME ACCIDENT ON 11-15-95.
EMPLOYEE WAS DROPPING MINER CABLE OUT OF HOOKS WHEN IT FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON HARD HAT.
LIFTING PUMP OUT OF WATER HOLE WET AREA & DIFFICULT REACH.
EMP WAS MUDDING STOPPING. HIS EYE ITCHED SO HE RUBBED HIS EYE WHILE STIPPING MUD REMAINED ON HIS FINGERS. THIS RESULTED IN A CHEMICAL BURN TO THE EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING MINER CABLE AND SAYS HE FELT PAIN IN BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING OTHER EMPLOYEE'S MOVE TIMBER OUT OF ROADWAY. EMPLOYEE'S LOST GRIP ON TIMBER AND IT FELL AGAINST INJURED'S RIGHT KNEE.
HE WAS LIFTING A BELT ROLLER IN THE MAIN WEST BELT AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN GROIN AREA.
MAN PULLING FEEDER CABLE HURT LOWER BACK.
SHOVELING COAL ON TO BELT & TWISTED WRONG WAY HURTING HIS BACK HY\URT BACK EARLIER THIS YEAR SOME AREA OF BACK
EMPLOYEE LIFTED 0 2 BOTTLES OFF OF WELDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING SHUTTLE CAR CABLE DOWN BELT LINE AND STATED THAT HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE MOVED A TOOL BOX THEN STARTED TO WALK DOWN ENTRY WHEN A SEVERE PAIN STRUCK HIM IN THE LOWER BACK. AT THAT TIME HE COULD NOT GET BACK TO HIS FEET.
INJURED WAS BUILDING STOPPINGS IN 3RD FLIGHT ANDWAS PASSING BUCKETS OF MUD ON OTHER SIDE OF STOPPING-USING IMPROPER LITING PROCEDURE HE OVEREXTENDED HIS ARM WITH TOO MUCH WEIGHT AND INJURE D LEFT SHOULDER.
PUTTING BOTTOM ROLLER ON MAIN SOUTH BELT. HE SMASHED THUMB BETWEEN HANGER AND ROPE.
EE WAS CLOSING A RAZOR KNIFE THAT WAS LEFT ON HIS DESK AND ACCIDENTALLY CUT HIS FINGER REQUIRING STITCHES.
HE HAD TO SHOVEL A SPILL ON THE MAIN NORTH BELT. AFTER SHOVELING ALL SHIFT HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER.
CARRYING BELT SPLICE MATERIAL THRU MANDOOR & PULL HIP
BROKE A BAND ON PALLETT OF CINDER BLOCK. BAND FLIPPED UP AND HIT HIM ON CHEEK.
WHILE WORKING ON BELT MOVE IN MAIN NORTH. HE WAS LOADING ROLLERS ON MANTRIP WHEN HE TRIED TO THROW THE ROLLER IN THE BACK OF MANTRIP, HIS BACK GAVE OUT AND HE FELL ON THE GROUND ON HIS BACK.
HYDOIL FROM OVER FLOW ON MINER SQUIRTED IN EYE.
EE WAS PULLING BELT AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK HE RELAXED FOR A WHILE AND FELT BETTER. HE THEN STARTED TO SHOVEL BELT AND FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS BACK.
MOVING BUGGY ANCHOR WHEN CABLE CAME UNBLOCKE DOUTOF BUGGY AND CABLE STRUCK INJURED KNOCKIGN HIM DOWN AND INJURING HIS SHOULDER AND BACK.
EE & EE WERE HANGING HIGH VOLTAGE CBLE BEHIND THE TRANSFORMER IN WEST RETURNS SECTION EE WAS STANDING ON A 8IN STEP ON THE BACK OF THE TRASNSFORMER HANGING CABLE TO THE ROOF BOLTS WHEN EE OVER EXTENDED BACKWARDS & COULD NOT RELEASE THE CABLE & IT DISLOCATED HIS LEFT SHOULDER