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Employee was shoveling belt and bent over to pick up a rock and felt a pain in his abdomen area.
The employee was lifting a CLA for a joy miner, with the help of another employee when he felt a sharp pain in lower back.
EE was loading miner bits on flat car to take into the mine. He twisted around and felt pain in right arm, shoulder & neck.
Was lifting a rub-rail on a joy miner, felt pain in lower back.
Was pulling miner cable out of roadway strain lower back.
Was moving a section of track 30' long when moved it slipped rail fell back striking employee on top of right foot.
Employee had changed batteries and put old batteries on charger. While raising lid on battery, slipped from his hand and struck left hand between lid and frame.
EE was on his knee's in front of scoop unloading mega block from scoop bucket. EE twisted around to pick up block from scoop bucket and felt some- thing pop his knee.
EE was pulling a torgue shaft out of Conv. motor on Joy miner when pulled outer cover hot oil had built up behind the cap & expelled on right hand
While lifting rub rail to put back on Joy miner, he felt pain in left knee. First day out 3/7/06.
Accident not reported until 8-10-05. Employee was lifting bags of rock dust when he pulled something in his shoulder. Right
Employee was replacing a man-door and a concrete block fell striking him on the left thumb.
Employee was putting scoop on charge and twisted left knee.
Employee was putting up a roof bolt and cut his right wrist with a roof bolt plate. Required 4 stitches.
DID NOT MISS WORK UNTIL 2/3/05. RETURN 2/8/05. WAS LIFTING FEEDER FLIGHT SHARP PAIN RIGHT SHOULDER.
Employee was pulling cable and felt leg give away under his weight. (Started missing work 10/11/2004).
A piece of metal broke off of a keeper pin on a metal flight striking the employee on the ring finger of the right hand. (required 3 stitches)
Helping scoop operator change batteries, batteries rocked forward and caught finger between battery frame and scoop.
EE HAD BEEN BUILDING AND PLASTERING BRATTICES WHEN HE BROKE FOR LUNCH. HE TOOK OFF HIS GLOVES, SLAPPING THEM AGAINST BLOCK. WHILE SLAPPING HIS GLOVES, AN OBJECT STRUCK HIM IN THE EYE.
EE WAS REMOVING PIN FROM FLAT CAR, CAR DRIFTED AND PINCHED HAND AGAINST METAL FRAME AND PIN.
EE WAS REMOVING A GUARD FROM A BELT DRIVE WHEN FOREIGN MATERIAL WENT INTO RIGHT EYE. PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION USED.
EE WAS HELPING CURTAIL TRACK. AS A RAIL WAS BEING LAID ONTO A FLATCAR, IT TURNED OVER, CAUSING EE TO TWIST LOWER BACK. HE DID NOT GO TO THE DR.UNTIL 5-13-02 (CONTINUED WORKING AT REG. DUTY), WHEN HE WAS TAKEN OFF WORK. HE RETURNED TO REG. DUTY ON 5-19-02.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT INCIDENT WHICH ALLEGEDLY OCCURRED IN JANUARY 02 RESULTED IN HERNIA DIAGNOSED MONTHS LATER. HE HURT HIS HAND IN AUGUST, PREVENTING HIM FROM WORKING. WHILE OFF WORK WITH THIS NON-WORK RELATED INJURY, HE HAD HERNIA REPAIRED. HE IS EXPECTED TO BE READY TO WORK FROM SURGERY PRIOR TO RELEASE FOR HAND.
EE WAS INFLATING A TRUCK, WHILE IN THE PROTECTIVE TIRE CAGE. WHEN SOMEHOW THE LOCK RING BLEW OFF AND CAME OUT OF THE CAGE AND STRUCK HIM IN THE FACE AND HEAD.
LIFTING CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE, FELT STRAIN TO GROIN, CONTINUED WORKING REGULAR DUTIES UNTIL BEGAN MISSING WORK 2-27-01.
EE WAS REMOVING A ROPE CLAMP FROM A WIRE ROPE WHEN THE ROPE SLIPPED, CAUSING THE CLAMP TO STRIKE THE FINGERS ON HIS LEFT HAND.