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The individual was checking the cable reel on the MRS. The lid for the cable reel fell on left hand.
The individual was removing drill steel from roof bolt hole and struck his right elbow on the canopy post.
Individual was stretching out 2/0 cable when a loop of cable flipped over causing the cable to twist his wrist.
The individual was taking the miner cable down when a rope hanger flipped and struck him in the right eye.
The individual was installing a new cable (wire) on a conveyor belt take-up unit and strained his right shoulder.
The injured was changing the drive chain on #5 drive and strained right shoulder when lifting a 60 drive chain to place on belt drive gears. The injured did not miss work but is scheduled for shoulder surgery on 7/31/09.
The employee was loading belt structure into the scoop bucket and strained his lower back. He is working restricted duty because of the injury. The injury was not reported until 5-7-09.
The individual was helping slide a spool of shuttle car cable in to the scoop bucket and experienced pain in his right shoulder.
The individual was opening an air lock door, which is located on the mine travelway, and felt a pull in his lower back. He did not miss work or go to a physician until 5/19/09. The physician recently determined that the individual has a hernia. The operator was not aware that this was job related until 6/25/09.
Cable for roof bolter machine was hung against the mine roof with a rope hammer hooked into a roof bolt plate. EE was taking the cable loose when the hook , on the end of the rope hammer, struck EE on the nose, laceration and 1 stitch.
The employee was removing a step-down transformer offt the top of a distribution box. the transformer slid off the corner of the the distribution box & struck the injured's left leg. This resulted in a fracture of the small bone in his lower left leg. NOTE: The DB Box & transformer were stored and were not in service
The individual was shoveling spillage from under a conveyor belt and strained his lower back.
The ee was dropping cables which were hung from the mine roof, during a power move upon removing one hook of a double-hooked rope cable hanger, the handler spun around and the loose hook struck him in the lower lip causing a laceration. the laceration required sutures.
The injured person & another Ee were making a splice in a pump cable. Upon completing the splice he attempted to stand up and felt a pop and experienced pain in his right knee.
The individual has been workng the past couple of weeks constructing mine ventilation seals. As a result of the repeated exposure to the concrete being used in the Seal construction process, he was diagnosed with cellulitis.
The injured was assisting in removing of the final drive cover on the continuous mining machine. The cover came loose suddenly and caught his ring and index finger between the cover and the rub rail of the machine.
The ee and another ee were in the process of changing a drive chain on a belt drive. While moving the chain in place, the weight of the chain broke the weld holding the oil bath in place causing the oil bath to fall and strike the injured on the left little toe.
The injured employee along with another person were returning oxygen & acetylene tanks and cutting torches to the storage area. The injured unloaded the oxygen tank and when he bent over to unload the acetylene tank, he strained his back.
The employee was carrying a belt clamp toward the belt. Because of the mining height, he had to walk in a bent-over position and felt pain in his lower back.
The injured was working with another employee, pulling the power cable to the section feeder, during a power move and strained his right knee.
THE INJURED WAS INSTALLING BELT STRUCTURE DURING A BELT MOVE. HE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE LIFTING A PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE WHEN THE INJURED FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
THE EE WAS CARRYING A CHAIN & FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER ABDOMEN & GROIN
THIS REPORT IS HEREBY SUBMITTED UNDER PROTEST AND ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF TERMINATING CITATION #7343331. THE ALLEGED INJURY OCCURED DURING A BELT MOVE. ANOTHER PERSON WAS THROWING TOP BELT STRUTS UP BETWEEN TOP + BOTTOM BELTS. EE THREW A PIECE TO HARD AND IT STRUCK INJURED ON THE RT UPPER LEG CAUSING A BRUISE AND ALLEGED BACK INJURY
Injured was helping remove a ripper motor from a cutter boom of the cont mining machine. As the motor moved, a part on the motor struck the ee's watch band and pushed the band into the top of his wrist causing a laceration.
EE WAS DOWN-STACKING A PALLET OF 6" CINDER BLOCKS IN PREPARATION FOR DELIVERY UNDERGROUND WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT HIP AND DOWN HIS RIGHT LEG.
The injured employee was hanging the cable for the continuous mining machine and experienced a pain in his groin. He did not go to a physician until November when it was determined he had a hernia. He started missing work on 11-18-04 when he had surgery to repair the hernia.
METAL DOOR OVER TOP CABLE REEL WAS OPEN WHEN EE ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE DOOR, IT DROPPED ON HIS FINGER, CUTTING HIS FINGER WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK BY HAND FROM IN FRONT OF A MOBILE ROOF SUPPORT AND INADVERTENTLY ALLOWED HIS LEFT HAND TO GET CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROCK AND THE FRAME OF THE MRS. *EMPLO YEE DIDN'T START MISSING WORK UNTIL 7/28/03.
EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING THE MINER CABLE DOWN. THE CABLE WAS HUNG APPROX 7 FT HIGH. HE AND OTHER EE WERE DROPPING THE CABLE WHEN INJURED FELT A SHARP STINGING BURNING TYPE PAIN IN THE R IGHT GROIN AREA. EE DID NOT START MISSING WORK UNTIL 4/9/03.
EMPLOYEE LOADED OIL BOX COVER ONTO LITTLE MAC TO BRING OUTSIDE FOR REPAIRS. AS HE LOADED THE COVER HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE LOWER AND UPPER BACK TOWARDS THE LEFT SHOULDER AND BACK AREA. EE DID NOT START MISSING WORK UNTIL 11-4-02.
EMPLOYEE WAS ROLLING A PIECE OF VENTILATION CURTAIN BESIDE THE BUCKET OF THE SCOOP. HE SAID HE HEARD THE RIB BEHIND HIM BREAK AND ATTEMPTED TO JUMP CLEAR, AS HE DID THE RIB ROLLED AND CAUGHT THE CURTAIN, HE STILL HAD A HEAD OF THE CURTAIN WHEN HE JUMPED, THE RIB CAUGHT THE CURTAIN A NAIL WAS IN THE CURTAIN, IT WAS DRAWN INTO AND TORE SKIN ON LEFT INDEX FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING MINER CABLE FROM ROADWAY WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN. EMPLOYEE DID NOT STARTMISSING WORK UNTIL 11/13/01.