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EE WAS PUTTING A H.V. ELECTRICAL CABLE OVER A 90' HIGHWALL. THE CABLE WAS LAID FROM THE ELECT. BOX AND THEN PARALLEL TO THE WALL ABOUT 200' AND 35' FROM THE EDGE AND THEN WAS LAID INTO LOOPS A ND WAS FED OVER THE WALL. AFTER ALL THE LOOPS WENT OVER, THE CABLE THAT WAS PARALLEL SNAPPED TO THE SIDE, STRIKING EE WHO JUMPED TO MISS IT. EE WAS INSIDE OF A LARGE BEND.
EMPLOYEE WAS PINNING HIGHWALL MINER CARS TOGETHER. WHEN HE PUT ONE OF THE PINS IN, HE SMASHED HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE PIN AND THE CAR.
EE WAS PULLING ON MINER ELECT. CABLE TO LAY IT IN A TROUGH. AS EE WAS DOING THIS, HE BUMPED HIS ELBOW AGINST THE EDGE OF A HIGHWALL MINER CAR. HIS ELBOW WAS BRUISED AND WITHIN A FEW DAYS HAD T O HAVE FLUID DRAINED FROM IT.
EMPLOYEE CLOSED DOOR AND WHEN SHE UNLATCHED THE DOOR, THE DOOR SHUT WITH HER RIGHT THUMB IN THE DOOR JAM.
EMPLOYEE HAD JUST DISMOUNTED FR9OM A HYDRAULIC LOADER. WHILE STANDING NEXT TO THE LOADER, EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED SEVER PAIN UNDER THE BELLY BUTTON. DIAGNOSED AS A HERNIA. NO SLIP OR FALL.
WHILE SERVICING A TRACTOR, EE GRABBED A HANDHOLD TO PULL HIMSELF UP ONTO THE TRACTOR. WHEN HE DID, HE PULLED THE LIGAMENTS IN HIS HAND. EE DID NOT SLIP OR TRIP.
EE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM A FRONT END LOADER. WHEN HE PLACED HIS RIGHT FOOT ON THE GROUND, IT WAS IN AN AWKWARD POSITION (TOE FIRST) AND EE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS CALF. HANDHOLDS AND STEPS WER E IN GOOD CONDITION.